What does a Petroleum reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Petroleum 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 Petroleum 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 Petroleum as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Petroleum Citation Generator

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Petroleum citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Petroleum — 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 Petroleum

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

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

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

How to use this Petroleum 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 "Petroleum" 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 Petroleum

What is Petroleum?: Citation style for Petroleum. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Petroleum?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Petroleum style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Petroleum?: Petroleum 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 Petroleum reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Petroleum 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 Petroleum 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 Petroleum as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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