What does a Biology Open reference list entry look like?

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

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

Biology Open Citation Generator

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Biology Open citation examples

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

Journal article: Rivera, M. and 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. Cambridge: University Press.
Website: Larsen, S. (2023). How peer review works. Open Science Digest.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen, 2021)

About Biology Open

Citation style for Biology Open. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Subject areas: biology.

Formatting rules: Biology Open follows the formatting of The Company Of Biologists, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Biology Open 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 "Biology Open" 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 Biology Open

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