What does a Ecosphere reference list entry look like?

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

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

Ecosphere Citation Generator

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Ecosphere citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Ecosphere — 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 D. Chen. 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. Second edition. University Press, Cambridge.
Website: Larsen, S. 2023, May 14. How peer review works. https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen 2021)

About Ecosphere

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

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

Subject areas: biology.

Formatting rules: Ecosphere follows the formatting of ESA, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Ecosphere 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 "Ecosphere" 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 Ecosphere

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