CSE Citation Style Guide
The Council of Science Editors (CSE) developed the Scientific Style and Format for the sciences and related fields. This style guide is used in a variety of scientific fields such as physics, chemistry, genetics, biological sciences, astronomy, ecology, and zoology, for example.
Scientific Style and Format by Call Number: Grand Depository - BOOKSTACKS - T11 .S386 2014ISBN: 9780226116495Publication Date: 2014For more than fifty years, authors, editors, and publishers in the scientific community have turned to Scientific Style and Format for authoritative recommendations on all matters of writing style and citation. Developed by the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the leading professional association in science publishing, this indispensable guide encompasses all areas of the sciences. Now in its eighth edition, it has been fully revised to reflect today's best practices in scientific publishing. Scientific Style and Format citation style has been comprehensively reorganized, and its style recommendations have been updated to align with the advice of authoritative international bodies. Also new to the eighth edition are guidelines and examples for citing online images and information graphics, podcasts and webcasts, online videos, blogs, social networking sites, and e-books.
In Text Citations
There are three ways to cite references in-text. Select one and use in consistently in your paper.
1. Citation-Sequence
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Ex. Biologists agree that this is the ideal protocol¹.
Note: Use superscripted numbers at the point of reference. The citations are then listed in order on the reference page. You can refer to more than one reference within one sentence by using a superscript sequence of numbers.
2. Citation-Name
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Ex. Biologists agree that this is the ideal protocol¹.
Note: While this style uses the same superscript number system, the citations are numbered alphabetically (not by the order of appearance) by the author's last name on the reference page.
3. Name-Year
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Ex. Biologists agree that this is the ideal protocol (Smith 2010).
Note: Cite your source by using the author's last name and year of publication in parenthesis at the point of reference. You will arrange these sources alphabetically on the reference page.
Bibliography
Book
Author(s) or editor(s). Year. Title. Edition if other than first. Place of publication: publisher name; page(s) cited.
Book Chapter
Book chapter, or section with its own author: Author(s) or editor(s) of chapter. Year. Title of chapter. In: continue as you would with regular book citation.
eBook
Author(s). Date of publication. Title of book [medium designator]. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; [date updated; date cited]. Notes.
Print Journal Article
Author(s). Year. Article Title. Journal title using abbreviations. Volume(issue number): inclusive pages, do not use p.
Online Journal Article
Author(s). Date of publication year month day if available. Title of article. Abbreviated journal title [type of medium]. [date updated; date cited]; volume (issue number): pages cited. Availability statement.
Conference Paper
Author(s). Date of publication. Title of paper. Connective phrase: Editors of proceedings. Title of publication or name of conference, or both; inclusive dates of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: publisher. pages cited.
Note: These are just some examples, please refer to the CSE style guide for more in-depth coverage of citations/references.