\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex]{biblatex}%backend=biber, natbib=true, style=chem-acs
\bibliography{oralspaper}
\DeclareCiteCommand{\citejournal}%%%creating \citejournal command
{\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{\usebibmacro{citeindex}%
\usebibmacro{journal}}
{\multicitedelim}
{\usebibmacro{postnote}}
\newcommand{\scicite}[3]{\citeauthor{#1}, \citejournal{#1}, \citeyear{#1}}
%%%%%%I want to incorporate the \footnote environment into the new command (below) but I get an error
%%%%%%\newcommand{\scicitefoot}[3]{\let\thefootnote\relax\footnotetext{\citeauthor{#1}, \citejournal{#1}, \citeyear{#1}}}%\scicite{} is footnote presentation style citation
\begin{document}
\frame{
Some text/figure I want to have a source for.
\footnote{\scicite{bib.citekey}}%this works fine
}
\frame{
\scicitefoot{bib.citekey}%this gives latex error: begin{beamer@framepauses} on input line 5
}
\end{document}
