Scientific Style (CSE) Citation Examples: In text

One author: (Smith 2018)
 

Two authors: authors’ last names are separated by “and” followed by the year.

EXAMPLE: (Rieseberg and Soltis 1991)
 

Three or more authors: list only the first author’s last name, followed by “et al.” and the year.

EXAMPLE: (Tsutsui et al. 2009)
 

If different authors have the same surname (last name), add their initials

. . .but later studies (Mardis KL and Mardis LA 2012) established that. . .

• Cite sources as close as possible to the information they support.
• Put an in-text citation for an entire sentence right before the period.

Using multiple in-text references at the same point

Provide in chronologic sequence from earliest to latest, separated by semicolons - sequence by month those published in same year or, if this information isn't available, alphabetically by author names

. . .the main proponents (Mardis and Johnson 1972; Mardis and Wyatt 1972; Baudino F 1978; Baudino K 1978; Park et al. 1980; Ury et al. 1981; Zupa 1985) concluded that. . .

Example in a ScienceDirect article:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316300914

Multiple works by the same author(s) in different years

Jackson's studies of the AIDS virus (1985, 1986) have shown that. . .

Organization as author: (American Dietetic Association 2016)

No author? 

(Human Biology . . . 2002-2016). Use date range if website lists a range of dates rather than a single year.

(Organizations . . . 2016).