What does a Anthropocene reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Anthropocene looks like this: Rivera, M., Chen, D., 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145

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

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Anthropocene citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Anthropocene — 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. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145
Book: Okafor, A., 2019. The craft of research writing, 2nd ed. University Press, Cambridge.
Website: Larsen, S., 2023. How peer review works [WWW Document]. Open Science Digest. URL https://www.example.org/peer-review (accessed 1.10.24).
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen, 2021)

About Anthropocene

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

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

Formatting rules: Anthropocene follows the formatting of Elsevier Harvard, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Anthropocene 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 "Anthropocene" 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 Anthropocene

What is Anthropocene?: Citation style for Anthropocene. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Anthropocene?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Anthropocene style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Anthropocene?: Anthropocene 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 Anthropocene reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Anthropocene looks like this: Rivera, M., Chen, D., 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145
How can I generate a Anthropocene 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 Anthropocene 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.