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ACS - Referencing Guide

Conference Papers

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  • Citation formats for conference papers and proceedings will vary depending on the source. For example, conference papers sourced from a website will be cited differently from conference papers published in a journal.
  • In many cases, one or more elements of the recommended format for citation will be absent.

Format

Standard format for citation

Conference paper printed in a book:

Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Title of the Presentation. In Title of the Collected Work, Proceedings of the Name of the Meeting, location of the meeting, date of the meeting; Editor 1, Editor 2, (continue until all editors are listed), Eds.; Publisher: Place of Publication, year; pagination, abstract paper number.

 

Conference paper printed in a journal:

Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Title of the Presentation. Title of the Collected Work, Proceedings of the Name of the Meeting year, meeting number, pagination, abstract paper number. DOI

 

Conference paper from an internet repository or website:

Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Title. Name of Conference, Location of Conference, Date of Conference; presentation or abstract number. Name of Repository (Section name), Submission date, record number, version number. DOI or URL (accessed YYYY-MM-DD).

OR

Author 1; Author 2; …; Author 10; et al. Title. Name of Conference, Location of Conference, Date of Conference; presentation or abstract number. Name of Website, date, URL (accessed YYYY-MM-DD).

 

Examples

Conference paper in print book

1. Christensen S.; Oppacher F. An Analysis of Koza's Computational Effort Statistic for Genetic Programming. In Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2002, Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming, Kinsdale, Ireland, Apr 3-5, 2002; Foster J. A., Lutton E., Miller J., Ryan C., Tettamanzi A.G., Eds.; Springer, 2002; pp 182-191.

Conference paper in print journal

2. Culot, C.; Durant, F.; Mosley, D. H.; Andre, J. M.; Vercauteren, D. P. Conformational Analyses of the Polymorphism of Triglycerides. Int. J. Quantum Chem., Proceedings of the Quantum Biol. Symp. 1994, 52 (S21), 57−77. DOI: 10.1002/qua.560520706

3. Wilson E. A. Critical Literacy and Inquiring Minds: More Critical Than Ever in Our Text-saturated World. Quality in Teacher Education: Considering Different Perspectives and Agendas, Proceedings of the 2007 Australian Teacher Education Association National Conference 2007, 666-675. 

Conference paper from the internet

4. Chang, H.; Wilson, C.; Jackson, J. Eliminating Polymer Flake Defects Using an Oxygen Free Chemistry. 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing, San Francisco, CA, October 6-8, 1997. IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity, 1997, http://www.ieee.org (accessed 2010-09-01).

5. Huber, C. “I can just copy this, right?”: Introducing Students to Copyright. Presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, September 11, 2013; CINF-86. SlideShare, October 8, 2013. https://www.slideshare.net/cfhuber/huber-copyrightindy2013 (accessed 2019-03-11).

See the All Examples page for examples of in-text and reference list entries for specific resources such as articles, books, conference papers and web pages.
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