What does a Rare Diseases reference list entry look like?

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

Rare Diseases Citation Generator

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Rare Diseases citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Rare Diseases — 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 Rare Diseases

Citation style for Rare Diseases. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Subject areas: medicine.

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

How to use this Rare Diseases 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 "Rare Diseases" 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 Rare Diseases

What is Rare Diseases?: Citation style for Rare Diseases. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Rare Diseases?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Rare Diseases style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Rare Diseases?: Rare Diseases 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 Rare Diseases reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Rare Diseases 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 Rare Diseases 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 Rare Diseases 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.