Citation Help

CSE Style

The CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style is used in the natural and physical sciences (e.g. Biology, Environmental Science, Physics). The CSE Stylebook provides guidelines for citing scientific sources according to CSE rules.

Guides:

• CSE Style Guide (Provided by the University of Wisconsin -- Madison Writing Center)
• List of Title Word Abbreviations (ISO 4 standard, from the ISSN International Centre)

Examples:

• CSE 8th Edition Examples (Provided by Wayne State College)

Sourcebook

Cell

Cell Style is the in-house reference formatting style used by the Cell family of journals.

Guides:

• Cell: Information for Authors (from the journal, scroll to nearly the bottom for reference information)
• Cell Journal Style Guide for Biology Thesis Students (created for LFC students)

Examples:

• Cell Examples (from Paperpile)
• Cell Style Examples (from Fontbonne university)

Ecology

Ecology Style is citation format of the journal Ecology (published by the Ecological Society of America).

Guides:

• Ecology Journal Style Guide for Biology Thesis Students (created for LFC students)
• Ecology Citation Guide (from the University of San Francisco)

Examples:

• Ecology Style Examples (from California State University -- Channel Islands)

Nature

Nature style is used by the Nature journal for life sciences publications.

Guides:

• Nature Style Guide for Biology Thesis Students (created for LFC students)
• Nature Formatting Guide for Authors (scroll about halfway down for the references section)

Examples:

• Nature Citation Style Examples (from Paperpile)