What does a Coral Reefs reference list entry look like?

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

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Coral Reefs citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Coral Reefs — 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. 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 and Chen 2021)

About Coral Reefs

Citation style for Coral Reefs. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Subject areas: zoology, botany and biology.

How to use this Coral Reefs 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 "Coral Reefs" 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 Coral Reefs

What is Coral Reefs?: Citation style for Coral Reefs. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Coral Reefs?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Coral Reefs style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Coral Reefs?: Coral Reefs 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 Coral Reefs reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Coral Reefs 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 Coral Reefs 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 Coral Reefs 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.