🇬🇧Royal Society Open Science Citation Generator

Royal Society Open Science citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Royal Society Open Science — 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. 2021 The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162. (doi:10.1000/jsc.2021.145)

Book

2. Okafor A. 2019 The craft of research writing. 2nd edn. Cambridge: University Press.

Website

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

In-text citation (for the journal article)

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About Royal Society Open Science

Citation style for Royal Society Open Science. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Royal Society Open Science: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Royal Society Open Science style. Common in: United Kingdom.

Subject areas: science.

Formatting rules: Royal Society Open Science follows the formatting of Proceedings Of The Royal Society B, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Royal Society Open Science 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 "Royal Society Open Science" 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 Royal Society Open Science

What is Royal Society Open Science?

Citation style for Royal Society Open Science. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When should I use Royal Society Open Science?

When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Royal Society Open Science style.

What does an in-text citation look like in Royal Society Open Science?

Royal Society Open Science 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 Royal Society Open Science reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Royal Society Open Science looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. 2021 The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162. (doi:10.1000/jsc.2021.145)

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