CSE (Council of Science Editors) Citation Guide: Citation-Sequence System

In the citation-sequence system, superscripted numbers are inserted at the point of reference, sequentially numbered in the order in which they first appear, like this¹.  It is possible to cite more than one reference within one sentence by using a superscript sequence of numbers^2,3.  The citations are then listed numerically in the end references page.

BOOK – ONE AUTHOR

Author.  Title.  Edition.  Place of publication:  Publisher; date.

Example:

Mader S.  Inquiry into life.  9th ed.  Boston (MA):  McGraw-Hill; 2000.

BOOK – TWO TO TEN AUTHORS

Authors.  Title.  Edition.  Place of publication:  Publisher; date. 

Example:

Misner C, Thorne K, Wheeler J.  Gravitation.  San Francisco (CA):  W. H. Freeman; 1973.

CHAPTER OF A BOOK

Author(s) of chapter.  Title of chapter.  In:  editor(s) name, editor(s).  Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication:  Publisher, date.  p. page numbers of the chapters.

Example:

Vollmer G.  On supposed circularities in an empirically oriented epistemology.  In:  Radnitzky G, Bartley WW 3rd, editors.  Evolutionary epistemology, rationality, and the sociology of knowledge.  La Salle (IL):  Open Court; 1987.  p. 163-202.

E-BOOK

Author(s).  Title of book.  Edition.  Place of publication:  Publisher; date [accessed date]. URL

Example:

Murray RK, Bender DA, Botham KM, Kennelly PJ, Rodwell VW, Weil PA.  Harper’s illustrated biochemistry [Internet].  28th ed.  New York (NY):  McGraw-Hill Medical; 2009 [accessed 2010 Oct 14]. http://www.netlibrary.com

ARTICLE FROM A PRINT JOURNAL

Author(s).  Article title.  Abbreviated journal title.  Date;volume(issue):page numbers.

Example:

Kesselheim AS, Solomon DH.  Incentives for drug development:  the curious case of colchicine.  N Engl J Med.  2010 Jun 3;362(22):2045-2047.

ARTICLE FROM A DATABASE

Author(s).  Article title.  Abbreviated journal title. Publication Date [accessed date];volume(issue):page numbers.  URL

Example:

Castonguay LG, Boswell JF, Constantino MJ, Goldfried MR, Hill CE.  Training implications of harmful effects of psychological treatments.  Am Psychol.  2010 Jan [accessed 2010 Oct 24]; 65(1):34-49. http://libproxy.highpoint.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=amp-65-1-34&site=ehost-live  DOI:  10.1037/a0017330

WEBPAGE 

Title of the webpage. Place of publication:  Publisher; date [date updated; accessed date].  URL

Example:

ACS Green Chemistry Institute. Washington, DC:  American Chemical Society; c2010 [accessed 2010 Oct 27].  http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/greenchemistry/index.htm

Author(s) name.  Title of dissertation or thesis [content designator - dissertation or thesis].  Place of publication:  Publisher; date.    

Example:

Harry SR.  Bioanalytical approaches to chemical biology [dissertation].  Nashville (TN):  Vanderbilt University; 2010.

Author(s) name.  Title of report.  Edition.  Place of publication:  Publisher; date. Report No.:  Notes.

Example:

Barbely NL, Sim BW, Kitaplioglu C, Goulding P 2nd.  A study of acoustic reflections in full-scale rotor low frequency noise measurements acquired in wind tunnels. Moffett Field (CA):  NASA Ames Research Center (US); 2010 Jan 20.  Report No.: ARC-E-DAA-TN1156.  Available from:  NTRS, Hanover, MD; 20100026469.

Author(s) of paper.  Title of paper.  In: Editor(s).  Title of book.  Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference.  Place of publication: Publisher; date.  Location.  p. page numbers of the paper.

Example: 

Wagner M, Taylor MW.  Isotopic-labelling methods for deciphering the function of uncultured micro-organisms.  In:  Gadd GM, Semple KT, Lappin-Scott HM, editors. Micro-organisms and earth systems—advances in geomicrobiology.  Proceedings of the 65th Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology; 2005 Sept 12-14; Staffordshire (England).  New York (NY): Cambridge University Press.  p. 1-10.

Author(s) of paper.  Title of paper [abstract].  In: Editor(s).  Title of book.  Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference.  Place of publication:  Publisher; date.  Location.  p. page numbers of the paper.

Example: 

Flint HJ.  The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract [abstract].   In:  Proceedings of the 66th Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology; 2006 Apr 3-6; Coventry (UK).  Cambridge (UK):  University Press.  p. 3.

Author(s) name.  Title of audiovisual [DVD].  Edition.  Place of publication: Publisher; date.  Physical description.  Notes.

Example:

Moyers BD, Hogan P, Firestone F, Ablow G, Amron A, Oneill JD, Moyers JD.  Bill Moyers reports:  earth on edge [DVD]. Princeton (NJ):  Films for the Humanities & Sciences; 2002.  1 videodisc:  120 min, sound, color, 4 ¾ in.

VIDEO ONLINE

Title of audiovisual [video].  Edition.  Place of publication: Publisher; date [accessed date].  URL

Example:

NOVA:  life’s greatest miracle [video].  Boston (MA):  WGBH Educational Foundation; 2001 [accessed 2010 Nov 8].  media.nclive.org/play_video.php?vid=140

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