Citation tools automate formatting references.
There are several citation tools that work with CSE:
If you do use these tools, be sure to review your results carefully.
You are responsible for the accuracy of your paper's citations.
Always refer to the CSE Manual for definitive information.
Image source: Brizzo22. GFDL. Wikimedia Commons.
In this brief guide, Name-Year format is shown. Additional examples for formatting types of information not listed here may be found in the References Chapter, on pp. 644-694 of CSE.
Book
Voet D, Voet JG. 2024. Principles of biochemistry. 9th ed. Wiley.
Edited
Gilman AG, Rall TW, Nies AS, Taylor P, editors. 2025. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 9th ed. Pergamon.
Chapter
Kuret JA, Murad F. 2025. Adenohypophyseal hormones and related substances. In: Gilman AG, Rall TW, Nies AS, Taylor P, editors. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 9th ed. Pergamon. p.1334-60.
Conference Proceeding
Lee DJ, Bates D. 2025. An imaging system correlating lip shapes with tongue contact patterns for speech pathology research. In: Krol M, Mitra S, Lee DJ, editors. Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems; 2024 Nov 6-10; Los Alamitos, CA, United States. IEEE Computer Society. p. 307-313.
Dissertations
Modi N. 2022. Hepatic steatosis and TNF-alpha signaling [dissertation]. University of Waterloo. https://univwaterloo/884032
eBook
Griffiths AJF. 2022. Introduction to genetic analysis. 12th ed. Oxford University Press. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//books/bv.fcgi?call=griffajf
Journal Articles
Article with organization as author
National Organization of Epidemiologists. 2024. Position statement: epidemiology for primary healthcare. Int J Epidemiol. 75(9):224-5.
Article with volume and issue number
Eliel EL. 2024. The natural history of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Pharmacol. 63(3):8-13.
Online journal article (CSE prefers doi URLs)
Savage E., Ramsay M, White J, Beard S. 2024. Mumps out-breaks across England and Wales in 2013. BMJ. 330(7):1119-1120. https://doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.119
Smith A. 2024. The corepressor Alien as a novel tumor suppressor. Horm Mol Biol Clin Invest. 5(1):11-15. https://doi:10.1515/HMBCI.2010.074
Magazine Articles
Misteli T. 2024 Mar. The inner life of the genome. Sci Am 304: 66-73.
Newspaper Articles
Weiss R. 2024 Apr 11. Study shows problems in cloning people: researchers find replicating primates will be harder than other mammals. Washington Post. Sect. A12.
Website
APSNet: plant pathology online. 2024. American Phytopathological Association. https://www.apsnet.org/