What does a Chest reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Chest looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021;12(3):145–162.

How can I generate a Chest 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 Chest as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Chest Citation Generator

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Chest citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Chest — a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers:

Journal article: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021;12(3):145–162.
Book: 2. Okafor A. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press; 2019.
Website: 3. Larsen S. How peer review works [Internet]. Open Science Digest. 2023 [cited 2024 Jan 10];Available from: https://www.example.org/peer-review
In-text citation (for the journal article): 1

About Chest

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

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

Subject areas: medicine.

How to use this Chest 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 "Chest" 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 Chest

What is Chest?: Citation style for Chest. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Chest?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Chest style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Chest?: Chest is a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: 1
What does a Chest reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Chest looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021;12(3):145–162.
How can I generate a Chest 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 Chest 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.