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Scientific Style (CSE) Citation Examples

Find how to cite articles, books (+ chapters, textbooks, lab manuals) magazines/newspapers, videos, conference papers, web pages, in text parentheticals, & author names. Single-space citations with a hanging indent (ctrl+t). Double-space between entries.

Journals

To find the abbreviation of a journal name: Search the journal listings from Web of Science or use the CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool. Enter the journal name (NOT the title of the article). 

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Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal title. [Date updated; Date accessed];Volume number(Issue Number):Page Numbers. doi:

 

IN TEXT 

[ in  text example ]

END REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

Keisuke I, Toshio S. 2014. Metabolic requirements for the maintenance of self-renewing stem cells. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. [accessed 2015 Sep 21];15(4):243-256. doi:10.1038/nrm3772.

IN TEXT 

   (Keisuke and Toshio 2014).
 

END REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS with subtitle)

Masud MH, Dabnichki P. 2023. Strouhal number analysis for the swimming of little penguin (Eudyptula minor): proof of efficient underwater propulsion. Results in Engineering. [accessed 2023 Feb 16];1(17):100840. doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100840.

IN TEXT 

   (Masud and Dabnichki 2023).

 

END REFERENCE (THREE TO TEN AUTHORS)

Evans JC, Torney CJ, Votier SC, Dall SRX. 2019. Social information use and collective foraging in a pursuit diving seabird. PLoS One. [accessed 2021 Oct 21];14(9):e0222600. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222600.
 

Watanabe T, Nagai A, Sheikh AM, Mitaki S, Wakabayashi K, Kim SU, Kobayashi S, Yamaguchi S. 2016. A human neural stem cell line provides neuroprotection and improves neurological performance by early intervention of neuroinflammatory system. Brain Res. [accessed 2016 May 31];1631(15):194-203. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2015.11.031. 

IN TEXT 

    (Evans et al. 2019)

    (Watanabe et al. 2016).
 

END REFERENCE (MORE THAN TEN AUTHORS)

Salvatore F, Leone L, Barbati SA, Samengo D, Piacentini R, Maulucci G, Toietta G, Spinelli M, McBurney M, Pani G, et al. 2016. A CREB-Sirt1-Hes1 circuitry mediates neural stem cell response to glucose availability. Cell Rep. [accessed 2016 May 31];14(5):1195-1205. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.092.

IN TEXT 

    (Fusco et al. 2016).

To find the abbreviation of a journal name: Search the journal listings from Web of Science or use the CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool. Enter the journal name (NOT the title of the article). 

END REFERENCE

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Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal title. [Date updated; Date accessed];Volume number(Issue Number):Page Numbers. URL.

IN TEXT 
(Li et al. 2023).

To find the abbreviation of a journal name: Search the journal listings from Web of Science or use the CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool. Enter the journal name (NOT the title of the article). 

END REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

[ print journal citation color coded example ]

Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal title. Volume number(Issue Number):Page Numbers.

IN TEXT

(Flores-Cruz and Allen 2015).

 

END REFERENCE (THREE OR MORE AUTHORS)

Eulalio A, Mano M, Dal Ferro M, Zentilin L, Sinagra G, Zacchigna S, Giacca M. 2012. Functional screening identified miRNAs inducing cardiac regeneration. Nature. 492:376-381. 

IN TEXT 

(Eulalio et al. 2012).

 

END REFERENCE (MORE THAN TEN AUTHORS) with subtitle

SPizzi C, Caraglia M, Cianciulli M, Fabbrocini A, Libroia A, Matano E, Contegiacomo A, Del Prete S, Abbruzzese A, Martignetti A, et al. 2002. Low-dose recombinant IL-2 induces psychological changes: monitoring by Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Anticancer Res. [accessed 2023 Feb 14];22(2A):727-32.

IN TEXT 

    (Pizzi et al. 2002).

Magazines

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[ citing an online magazine color coded example ]

Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Magazine title. [Date accessed];Volume number(Issue Number):Page Numbers. DOI or URL

    IN TEXT 

(Chasteen 2019).

 

END REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS, with volume and issue)

Nordhaus H, James CH. 2018 Nov. Saving the sage grouse: this awkward, not-so-smart bird symbolizes the tension over land use and preservation in the West. National Geographic Magazine. [accessed 2021 May 26];234(5), 68-81. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=edsgac&AN=edsgac.A570275838&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=074-800.

 

    IN TEXT 

(Nordhaus 2018).

 

END REFERENCE (NO AUTHOR)

Watch what — and when—you eat. 2019 Jan. National Geographic. [accessed 2021 Apr 30];235(1):20-21. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=edsgac&AN=edsgac.A576378684&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=074-800.

    IN TEXT 

(Watch what 2019).

END REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

[ color coded CSE Citation Example for Print Magazine ]

Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Title of magazine. Volume number(Issue Number):Page Numbers. 

IN TEXT 

(Chasteen 2019).

 

END REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

Nordhaus H. 2018 Nov. Saving the sage grouse. National Geographic. 234(5):68-81.
 

IN TEXT 

   (Nordhaus 2018).

Newspapers

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[ color coded CSE Online Newspaper citation ]

Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Newspaper title. [Date updated; Date accessed]. URL.

 

Mele C. 2016 Apr 28. Wait, what's that noise? Cicadas, the new batch, to sound siren song in 5 states. New York Times. [accessed 2021 May 26]. https://advance-lexis-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/api/permalink/862538d9-c0bd-405c-9bc4-4420eee85c6b/?context=1516831.

IN TEXT 

(Mele 2016).

END REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

[ CSE color coded newspaper print example ]

 

Author(s) Last Name and First and Middle Initials (if provided). Date of publication. Title of article. Newspaper title, (Edition if newspaper has multiple editions published the same day) Section and page.

 

Couch MP. Razing of contaminated building OK'd - Freight House tenants pleased by EPA action. Washington Post, 2000 Aug 8. (Home Ed.). Sect.D:4(col. 1).
 

IN TEXT 

(Couch 2000).

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