What does a Osa Continuum reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Osa Continuum looks like this: 1. M. Rivera and D. Chen, "The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice," Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).

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

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Osa Continuum citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Osa Continuum — 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 and D. Chen, "The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice," Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).
Book: 2. A. Okafor, The Craft of Research Writing, 2nd ed. (University Press, 2019).
Website: 3. S. Larsen, "How peer review works," https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article): [1]

About Osa Continuum

Citation style for Osa Continuum. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Subject areas: physics.

Formatting rules: Osa Continuum follows the formatting of The Optical Society, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Osa Continuum 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 "Osa Continuum" 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 Osa Continuum

What is Osa Continuum?: Citation style for Osa Continuum. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Osa Continuum?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Osa Continuum style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Osa Continuum?: Osa Continuum 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 Osa Continuum reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Osa Continuum looks like this: 1. M. Rivera and D. Chen, "The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice," Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).
How can I generate a Osa Continuum 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 Osa Continuum as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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