Life Sciences Citation Generator

Life Sciences citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Life Sciences — a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers:

Journal article

[1] M. Rivera, D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice, Journal of Scholarly Communication 12 (2021) 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

Book

[2] A. Okafor, The craft of research writing, 2nd ed., University Press, Cambridge, 2019.

Website

[3] S. Larsen, How peer review works, Open Science Digest (2023). https://www.example.org/peer-review (accessed January 10, 2024).

In-text citation (for the journal article)

[1]

About Life Sciences

Citation style for Life Sciences. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Formatting rules: Life Sciences follows the formatting of Elsevier with titles, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Life Sciences 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 "Life Sciences" 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 Life Sciences

What is Life Sciences?

Citation style for Life Sciences. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When should I use Life Sciences?

When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Life Sciences style.

What does an in-text citation look like in Life Sciences?

Life Sciences 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 Life Sciences reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Life Sciences looks like this: [1] M. Rivera, D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice, Journal of Scholarly Communication 12 (2021) 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

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