What does a Bioscience reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Bioscience looks like this: Rivera M, Chen D. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.

How can I generate a Bioscience citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Bioscience as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Bioscience Citation Generator

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Bioscience citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Bioscience — an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author:

Journal article: Rivera M, Chen D. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.
Book: Okafor A. 2019. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. University Press.
Website: Larsen S. 2023. How peer review works. Open Science Digest. (January 10, 2024; https://www.example.org/peer-review).
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen 2021)

About Bioscience

Citation style for Bioscience. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Bioscience: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Bioscience style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: biology.

How to use this Bioscience generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Bioscience" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Bioscience

What is Bioscience?: Citation style for Bioscience. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Bioscience?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Bioscience style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Bioscience?: Bioscience is an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: (Rivera and Chen 2021)
What does a Bioscience reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Bioscience looks like this: Rivera M, Chen D. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.
How can I generate a Bioscience citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Bioscience as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.