Formerly the ACS Style Guide, the new ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication began January 2020 and offers regular updates.
A typical ACS journal citation follows the following basic style:
Bunnett, J. F.; Kearley, F. J., Jr.; J. Org. Chem., 1971, 36, 184-186.
Sometimes you will see the article title given between the author names and the journal abbreviation, but usually not. This is because titles can be very long and include non-standard symbols or fonts. See Chapter 14 of the ACS Style Guide for more information.
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