Published February 12, 2021. Updated August 10, 2021.

To cite in the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, it is helpful to know basic information about your source, including author name(s), the title of the source and/or article, date published, and page numbers (if applicable).

This guide will show you in-text citations and full reference examples in CSE for the following source types:

• Website

• Book

• Journal article

• Newspaper or magazine article

• Report

• Online video

• Online image

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Formatting in CSE style

The CSE citation style has two parts:

1. In-text citation.

2. Reference list.

In-text citation

In-text citation has three styles:

1. Citation-sequence system.

2. Citation-name system.

3. Name-year system.

In this guide, here is how to create in-text citations for name-year system:

• One author: Example sentence (Rose 2003).

• Two authors: Example sentence (Goldstein and Fox 2004).

• More than two authors: Example sentence (Watson et al. 2007).

You can also cite more than one source at a time:

• Example sentence (Goldstein and Fox 2004; Rose 2003; Watson et al. 2007).

Reference list

Place the list at the end of your paper and title it “References.” References are listed in alphabetical order by the first author’s surname.

Example:

Carpaccio V. ca. 1490. The meditation on the passion [Internet]. The Met Museum; [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435851

Mayo Clinic. 2018 Feb 7. What is genomic sequencing [Internet] YouTube; [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JUu1WqidC4

Palmer AR. 2004. Symmetry breaking and the evolution of development. Science 2004, 306:828–833.

Reimer P, Hoper S, MacDonald J, Reimer R, Thompson M. 2015. Laboratory protocols used for AMS radiocarbon dating at the 14 Chrono Centre. Belfast: The Queen’s University Belfast. Report No.: 5.

Spurr NK, Young BD, Bryant SP. 1997. ICRF handbook of genome analysis. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd.

Wu, KJ. 2021 Jan 26. If you squeeze the coronavirus, does it shatter? New York Times [Internet] [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://www.nytimes.com/section/science

Zimmerman L. 2021 Jan 25. Atomic design for a carbon-free planet. MIT News [Internet] [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from https://news.mit.edu/2021/atomic-design-carbon-free-planet-ju-li-mit-0125

Citing a website page in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year).

The results demonstrate the outcome (Zimmerman 2021) …

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing a book in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year).

Side effects began appearing about 2 weeks after the trial began (Spurr et al. 1997).

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing a journal article in CSE style

The title of journals should be abbreviated according to the ISO 4 standard. Use ISSN.org for journal abbreviation.

 In-text citation basic format and example:

(Author Last name Year)

Despite repeated and comprehensive efforts by the researchers (Palmer 2004) …

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing a newspaper or magazine article in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year) …

Despite repeated and comprehensive efforts by the researchers (Wu 2021) …

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing a report in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year) …

Despite repeated and comprehensive efforts by the researchers (Reimer et al. 2015) …

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing an online video (e.g., YouTube) in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year).

There are several approaches to genome sequencing (Mayo Clinic 2018).

Reference list basic format and example:

Citing an online image in CSE style

In-text citation basic format and example:

Example sentence (Author Last Name Year).

There are several images available (Carpaccio V. ca. 1490).

Reference list basic format and example:

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