CSE Style is the citation of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) and is used for writings in scientific disciplines. The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) changed its name to the Council of Science Editors (CSE) in 2000.
Scientific Style and FormatCSE style has three variations:
The following examples use the Name-Year system.
Book, single author
Thornton DJ. Brain culture: Neuroscience and popular media. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers University Press; 2011.
Book, multiple authors
Schott J, Priest J. Leading antenatal classes: a practical guide. 2nd ed. Boston (MA): Books for Midwives; 2002.
Book, edited
Baluka F, Mancuso S, Volkmann D, editors. Communication in plants: neuronal aspects of plant life. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 2006.
Chapter in edited book
McDaniel TK, Valdivia RH. 2005. New tools for virulence gene discovery. In: Cossart P, Boquet P, Normark S, Rappuoli R, editors. Cellular microbiology. 2nd ed. Washington (DC): ASM Press. p. 473-488.
CSE style uses abbreviations for journal titles. The CSE Manual provides several sources for locating approved abbreviations.
Journal article (Print)
Meise CJ, Johnson DL, Stehlik LL, Manderson J, Shaheen P. 2003. Growth rates of juvenile Winter Flounder under varying environmental conditions. Trans Am Fish Soc 132(2):225-345.
Newspaper article
Weiss R. Study shows problems in cloning people: researchers find replicating primates will be harder than other mammals. Washington Post (Home Ed.). 2003 Apr 11;Sect. A:12 (col. 1).
Journal Article (From library database)
Cantor RM, Kono N, Duvall JA, Alvarez-Retuerto A, Stone JL, Alarcon M, Nelson SF, Geschwind DH. Replication of autism linkage: fine-mapping peak at 17q21. Am J Hum Genet. 2005 [cited 2009 Jun 17]; 76(6):1050-1056. In Science Direct [Internet]. NY: Science Direct Publishing. Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929707628997.
Journal article (From journal publisher's website)
Leng F, Amado L, McMacken R. 2004. Coupling DNA supercoiling to transcription in defined protein systems. J Biol Chem [Internet]. [cited 2007 July 24]; 279(46):47564-47571. Available from: http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/279/46/47564.
Journal article (From online-only journal)
Hong P, Wong W. 2005. GeneNotes: a novel information management software for biologists. BMC Bioinformatics [Internet]. [cited 2007 Jul 24]; 6:20. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/20.
Online Book
Hale WJ. Chemistry triumphant: the rise and reign of chemistry in a chemical world [Internet]. Baltimore (MD): Williams & Wilkins; 1932 [cited 2005 May 31]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002902271.
Web Site
General format: Title of Web Page [medium designator]. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; date of publication [date cited]. Notes.
APSnet: plant pathology online [Internet]. St. Paul (MN): American Phytopathological Association; c1994-2005 [cited 2005 Ju 20]. Available from http://www.aspnet.org.
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