WILEY-BLACKWELL House Style Guide

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WILEY-BLACKWELL

House Style Guide

Wiley-Blackwell House Style Guide

? 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.

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INTRODUCTION, 2

PART 1: GENERAL EDITING STYLE, 5

1.1 Copyediting, 5 1.2 English Usage and Grammar, 5 1.3 Editing for Sense, 10 1.4 Spelling, 13 1.5 Punctuation, 15 1.6 Units, 19 1.7 Italics, 21 1.8 Quotations, 22 1.9 Lists, 22 1.10 Footnotes, 23 1.11 Abbreviations, 24 1.12 Time, 26 1.13 Special Characters, 27 1.14 Computing Terms, 28 1.15 Currency, 28 1.16 Qualifications, 28 1.17 Organizations, 30 1.18 Places, 30 1.19 URLs in Text, 33

PART 2: DEALING WITH OTHER MATERIAL, 34

2.1 Electronic Submission, 34 2.2 Disks, 34 2.3 Artwork, 34 2.4 Tables, 35 2.5 References, 37 2.6 Commercial Products, 39 2.7 Permissions, 40 2.8 Appendices, 40

PA RT 3 : S U B J E C T- S P E C I F I C S T Y L E S , 4 1

3.1 Scientific Names, 41 3.2 Aquaculture and Veterinary Science, 43 3.3 Linguistics, 44 3.4 Business, Economics, Math, and Statistics, 44 3.5 Computing and Engineering, 46 3.6 Law, 46 3.7 Life and Physical Sciences, 47 3.8 Medicine, 50 3.9 Nursing, Health, and Dentistry, 56 3.10 Social and Behavioral Sciences, 57 3.11 Resources for Journal Abbreviations, 58 3.12 Recommended Reference Books, 58

Acknowledgments, 59

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INTRODUCTION

The Wiley-Blackwell Publishing House Style Guide and its online version have been produced for the use of editors, production editors, freelances, copyeditors, authors, and typesetters. The level of consistency that this guide promotes is intended to assist all those involved in the production of WB publications. The WB definition of copyediting is best described as technical or mechanical editing, which involves language editing, mechanical style (style related to content), and format (visual style). Technical or mechanical editing includes applying house style, technical style, formatting, consistency, and correcting grammar. Creative or substantive editing is not usually within the remit of the WB copyeditor and is not commented upon. This guide is not intended to be a comprehensive account of all that is necessary for the presentation of research material, and should be used in conjunction with texts that have greater scope (see recommended references). Some journals and subject areas employ their own systems and conventions and the intention is not to impose upon them a rigid style, but rather to establish a framework within which they can operate. The online version of this guide, available at housestyle/, will be updated on a regular and ongoing basis and should be regarded as the definitive version. A separate guide is available for UK journals.

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