What does a Transfusion reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Transfusion looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication. 2021;12(3):145–62. doi:10.1000/jsc.2021.145

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

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Transfusion citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Transfusion — 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(3):145–62. doi:10.1000/jsc.2021.145
Book: 2. Okafor A. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press; 2019.
Website: 3. Larsen S. Open Science Digest [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2024 Jan 10]. How peer review works. Available from: https://www.example.org/peer-review
In-text citation (for the journal article): 1

About Transfusion

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

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

Subject areas: medicine.

Formatting rules: Transfusion follows the formatting of Nlm Citation Sequence Superscript, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Transfusion 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 "Transfusion" 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 Transfusion

What is Transfusion?: Citation style for Transfusion. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Transfusion?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Transfusion style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Transfusion?: Transfusion 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 Transfusion reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Transfusion looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication. 2021;12(3):145–62. doi:10.1000/jsc.2021.145
How can I generate a Transfusion 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 Transfusion 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.