What does a Scientific Reports reference list entry look like?

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

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

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Scientific Reports citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Scientific Reports — 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 12, 145–162 (2021).
Book: 2. Okafor, A. The Craft of Research Writing. (University Press, Cambridge, 2019).
Website: 3. Larsen, S. How peer review works. Open Science Digest https://www.example.org/peer-review (2023).
In-text citation (for the journal article): [1]

About Scientific Reports

Citation style for Scientific Reports. From the Citation Style Language repository.

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

Subject areas: science.

Formatting rules: Scientific Reports follows the formatting of Nature Brackets, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Scientific Reports 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 "Scientific Reports" 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 Scientific Reports

What is Scientific Reports?: Citation style for Scientific Reports. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Scientific Reports?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Scientific Reports style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Scientific Reports?: Scientific Reports 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 Scientific Reports reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Scientific Reports looks like this: 1. Rivera, M. & Chen, D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).
How can I generate a Scientific Reports 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 Scientific Reports 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.