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

Guidelines

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 numbers2,3.  The citations are then listed numerically in the end references page.

Citing Books

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

Citing Articles

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

Website

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

Dissertation/Thesis

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.

Technical Report

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.

Conference Paper

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.

Conference Abstract

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.

DVD

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 on the Internet

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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