RSC Style
When using the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) referencing style, indicate in-text citations with a superscript number.
List the full references, detailed in the sections below, at the end of your text in numerical order.
List the references in the order that the corresponding citations appeared in your work i.e. the resource cited first in your work should appear at the top of the reference list, numbered 1.
The following examples are taken from the RSC PDF guide, which provides the most comprehensive guidance.
Books
Citation order and format
Author Initials. Surname, Book Title, Publisher, Publisher Location, Year.
Example
S.T. Beckett, Science of Chocolate, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2000.
Chapters
Citation order and format
Author Initials. Surname, in Book Title, ed. Editor Name/s (if edited book), Publisher, Publisher Location, Edition (if appropriate), Year, chapter, pages.
Example
J. Barker, in Catalyst Deactiviation, ed. B. Delmon and C. Froment, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2nd edn, 1987, vol. 1, ch. 4, pp. 253-255.
Journals
Citation order and format
Author Initials. Surname, Journal Title, year, volume, page range.
Example
T. J. Hebden, R. R. Schrock, M. K. Takase and P. Muller, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1851-1853.
Lectures / meetings / conferences
Citation order and format
Author Initials. Surname, presented in part at Conference Title, Place, Month, Year.
Example
A. R. Jones, presented in part at the 28th Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vancouver, August, 1981.
Online resources
Citation order and format
Name of resource, URL, (accessed date).
Example
The Merck Index Online, http://wwwrsc.org/Merck-Index/monograph/mono1500000841, (accessed October 2013).
Theses
Citation order and format
Author Initials. Surname, PhD thesei, Name of University, Year.
Example
A. D. Mount, PhD thesis, University of London, 1977.
