What does a Fly reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Fly looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021; 12:145–62.

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

Fly Citation Generator

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Fly citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Fly — 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; 12:145–62.
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 Digest2023 [cited 2024 Jan 10]; Available from: https://www.example.org/peer-review
In-text citation (for the journal article): 1

About Fly

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

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

Subject areas: biology.

Formatting rules: Fly follows the formatting of Landes Bioscience Journals, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Fly 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 "Fly" 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 Fly

What is Fly?: Citation style for Fly. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Fly?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Fly style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Fly?: Fly 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 Fly reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Fly looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021; 12:145–62.
How can I generate a Fly 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 Fly 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.