CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style Guide

Articles

Article from a Print Journal

Format: Author(s) name. 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.
 

Electronic Article from a Database

Format: Author(s) name. Article title. Abbreviated journal title [Internet]. Date [cited date];volume(issue):page numbers. Available from: web address. Include the DOI number, article or document number, if available.

Example: Castonguay LG, Boswell JF, Constantino MJ, Goldfried MR, Hill CE. Training implications of harmful effects of psychological treatments. Am Psychol [Internet]. 2010 Jan [cited 2010 Oct 24]; 65(1):34-49. Available from: 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
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Electronic Article from Publisher's Website

Format: Author(s) name. Article title. Abbreviated journal title [Internet]. Date [cited date];Volume(issue):page numbers. Available from: web address. (Include the DOI number, article or document number, if available.) 

Example:

Ward-Fear G, Brown GP, Shine R. Using a native predator (the meat ant, Iridomyrmex reburras) to reduce the abundance of an invasive species (the cane toad, Bufo marinus) in tropical Australia. J Appl Ecol [Internet]. 2010 Apr [cited 2010 Oct 24]; 47(2):273-280. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01773.x/abstract  doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01773.
 

Electronic Article from Online-Only Journal

Format: Author(s) name. Article title. Abbreviated journal title [Internet]. Date [cited date];Volume(issue):page numbers. Available from: web address. (Include the DOI number, article or document number, if available.) 

Example:

Soundrapandian C, Sa B, Datta S. Organic-inorganic composites for bone drug delivery. AAPS PharmSciTech [Internet]. 2009 Dec [cited 2010 Oct 25]; 10(4):1158-1171. Available from: http://www.pharmagateway.net/ArticlePage.aspx?DOI=10.1208/s12249-009-9308-0

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.