Style Manual
Publications Handbook and Style Manual
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Publications Handbook and Style Manual serves as a guide for authors in preparing manuscripts and other material submitted for publication by ASA, CSSA, and SSSA. It should be used as a primary source for writing, style, editing, and procedures for ASA, CSSA, SSSA publications.
Chapters
You can download a full copy of the Publications Handbook and Style Manual here or individual chapters below. All downloads are PDFs.
- Manuscript Preparation
- General Style Conventions
- Specialized Scientific Style Conventions
- Statistical Design and Analysis
- Tables
- Figures
- Numbers, Mathematical Expressions, and Units of Measure
- Journal Procedures
- Procedures for Monographs, SSSA Book Series, Books, and Other Publications
- Copyright and Permission to Publish