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The American Statistician Citation Generator

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The American Statistician citation examples

The same three sources formatted in The American Statistician — an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author:

Journal article
Rivera, M., and Chen, D. (2021), “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12, 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
Book
Okafor, A. (2019), The craft of research writing, Cambridge: University Press.
Website
Larsen, S. (2023), “How peer review works,” Open Science Digest, Available athttps://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article)
(Rivera and Chen 2021)

About The American Statistician

Citation style for The American Statistician. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use The American Statistician: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the The American Statistician style. Common in: United States.

Subject areas: math.

Formatting rules: The American Statistician follows the formatting of ASA (stats), the parent style it is based on.

How to use this The American Statistician 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 "The American Statistician" 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 The American Statistician

What is The American Statistician?
Citation style for The American Statistician. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use The American Statistician?
When submitting to or citing in publications that use the The American Statistician style.
What does an in-text citation look like in The American Statistician?
The American Statistician is an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: (Rivera and Chen 2021)
What does a The American Statistician reference list entry look like?
A journal article formatted in The American Statistician looks like this: Rivera, M., and Chen, D. (2021), “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12, 145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a The American Statistician 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 The American Statistician as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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