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

Polygraphia 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: Rivera - Chen 2021.

What does a Polygraphia reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Polygraphia looks like this: Rivera - Chen 2021 = M. Rivera - D. Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” in Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 3, 2021: 145–162.

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

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Polygraphia citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Polygraphia — a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text:

Journal article: Rivera - Chen 2021 = M. Rivera - D. Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” in Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 3, 2021: 145–162.
Book: Okafor 2019 = A. Okafor, The craft of research writing, Cambridge 2019.
Website: Larsen 2023 = S. Larsen, “How peer review works,” in Open Science Digest 2023, available at https://www.example.org/peer-review (accessed 10 January 2024).
In-text citation (for the journal article): Rivera - Chen 2021.

About Polygraphia

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

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

Subject areas: history, anthropology and humanities.

How to use this Polygraphia 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 "Polygraphia" 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.

Evidence and review notes

Worked examples are generated by citeproc from the published CSL definition, not written by a language model.

CSL style record: polygraphia.csl

Frequently asked questions about Polygraphia

What is Polygraphia?: Citation style for Polygraphia. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Polygraphia?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Polygraphia style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Polygraphia?: Polygraphia 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: Rivera - Chen 2021.
What does a Polygraphia reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Polygraphia looks like this: Rivera - Chen 2021 = M. Rivera - D. Chen, “The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice,” in Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 3, 2021: 145–162.
How can I generate a Polygraphia 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 Polygraphia as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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