Answered By: Kathryn Park
Last Updated: Dec 02, 2023     Views: 17849

According to the ACS:

  • In ACS, images, charts and graphs are referred to as figures. 
  • A caption should be placed immediately below the figure.
  • Captions begin with the word “Figure” followed by the figure number.
  • When cited, figures should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals.
  • When referring to a figure in the text, use “Figure” and the number.

Example of in text reference:
As shown in Figure 3, the polymer surface has begun to deteriorate

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  1. That is how it is captioned, but how is it cited? Do you use the supra-script number of the reference list like citing a normal paper?
    by LadyCroft on Jun 16, 2018
  2. ACS is not a citation style that we regularly use, so we are not experts on it, but according to a site I found, in your citations it will be formatted like this, with the title in italics:

    Template:
    Author Surname, Author Initial. Title; Year Published.

    Example:
    History Channel,. Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech; 2014.

    This website has more information on how to cite using ACS and, as always, feel free to ask your professor, because it's likely they will know more:

    http://www.citethisforme.com/guides/american-chemical-society-author-date/how-to-cite-a-online-image-or-video
    by Isla Jiang on Jun 18, 2018

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