What does a Carolinea reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Carolinea 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 Carolinea 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 Carolinea as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Carolinea Citation Generator

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Carolinea citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Carolinea — 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) Cambridge.
Website: Larsen, S. (2023): How peer review works, https://www.example.org/peer-review
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera & Chen 2021)

About Carolinea

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

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

Subject areas: biology.

How to use this Carolinea 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 "Carolinea" 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 Carolinea

What is Carolinea?: Citation style for Carolinea. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Carolinea?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Carolinea style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Carolinea?: Carolinea 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 & Chen 2021)
What does a Carolinea reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Carolinea 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 Carolinea 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 Carolinea as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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