CSE Citation Guide

CSE Citation Guide Information

Please note: This guide provides only the most common kind of references. For all reference examples, please consult the latest edition of Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers located at the Reference Desk. Choose one example that is most like your source and follow the format.

Suggestion: When in doubt, provide more information rather than less. Also, punctuation is an important component of the style. Pay close attention to the punctuation in each example.

BOOK

Format:
Author's last name followed by a space and initial(s). Title of book. Publication place:Publishing company; Publication year. Total number of pages of the book followed by a space and p.
Notes:
1. No period after first and second initials and no space between them.
2. Do not underline or italicize book titles.

Example:
Larson EJ. Evolution : the remarkable history of a scientific theory. New York: Modern Library; 2006. 347 p.
Note:
If edition other than the first, include the number of the edition after the title.

Example:
Karp G. Cell and molecular biology : concepts and experiments. 2nd ed.New York: J. Wiley; 1999. 816 p.

ENTRY IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIA

Format:
Author's name(s). Title of the entry. In: Editor's name(s), editor(s). Title of encyclopedia. Volume number. Publication place: Publication company; Publication year. Inclusive page number(s).

Example 1:
Brooks SC, Pauley RJ. Breast cancer biology. In: Dulbecco R, editor.Encyclopedia of human biology. Volume 2. San Diego: Academic Press; 1991. p 53-65.
Note:
If there is no author or editor, omit this information.

Example 2:
Imago. In: World book encyclopedia. Volume 10. Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia; 2000. p 79-81.

JOURNAL ARTICLE (PRINT)

Format 1: Journal Paginated by Volume
The author(s). Title of the article. Title of the journal followed by year; Volume number: inclusive page numbers.
Notes:

Abbreviate titles of journals that consist of more than one word.
Capitalize all words in the journal title (e.g. Science, Sci Am, J Clin Psychopharmacol).
List up to ten authors using a comma between names; for a work with eleven or more authors, list the first ten names followed by a comma and the words "and others."

Example:
Baur JF. The second most important step for chapter vitality. Am Sci 2006;1:482-86.

Format 2: Journal Paginated by Issue
The author(s). Title of the article. Title of the journal followed by year and month;Volume number( issue number): page numbers.
Example:
Jacson R. Rising obesity rates: who's to blame? Health Care Food Nutr Focus 2006 Jun;23(6):1-6.

JOURNAL ARTICLE (ONLINE)

Format:
The author(s). Title of the article. Title of the journal [Internet]. Date of publication [the date you accessed it]; volume (issue): page numbers. Available from: the URL.
Note:
If the article is unpaginated, include in brackets the number or an estimated number of pages, screens, paragraphs, lines, or bytes.
Example:
Isaacs FJ, Blake WJ, Collins JJ. Signal processing in single cells. Science [Internet]. 2005 Mar 25 [cited 2009 Jun 17];307(5717): 1886-1888. Available from: .

WEB SITE

Format:
Author (an individual or an organization). Title of the home page [homepage on Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher (or the site's sponsor). Date of publication. Copyright date (if no date of publication is given or if publication date and the copyright date are different) [the date the page was last modified; the date you accessed the site]. Available from: the URL.
Example:
American Society of Gene Therapy [homepage on the Internet]. Milwaukee (WI): The Society; c2000-2006 [modified 2006 Dec.20; cited 2006 Dec. 21]. Available from: .

IN-TEXT CITATION

Format:
In a CSE-style paper, the source is referenced by a superscript number (may not be able to show superscript in this site).
Example:
Scientists are beginning to question the validity of linking genes to a number of human traits and disorders1.
ENTRY IN THE REFERENCE LIST:
1. Horgan J. Eugenics revisited. Sci Am 1993;268(6):122-30.