What does an in-text citation look like in Leonardo?

Leonardo is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, No. 3, 145–162 (2021).

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

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Leonardo citation examples

Leonardo is a note-based style: it has no reference list, and every citation is a footnote. Here is our sample journal article cited in Leonardo:

Footnote (journal article): Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, No. 3, 145–162 (2021).

About Leonardo

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

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

Subject areas: humanities.

How to use this Leonardo 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 "Leonardo" 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 Leonardo

What is Leonardo?: Citation style for Leonardo. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Leonardo?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Leonardo style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Leonardo?: Leonardo is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Maria Rivera and David Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, No. 3, 145–162 (2021).
How can I generate a Leonardo 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 Leonardo as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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