What does a Science reference list entry look like?

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

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

Science Citation Generator

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Science citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Science — a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers:

Journal article: 1. M. Rivera, D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).
Book: 2. A. Okafor, The Craft of Research Writing (University Press, Cambridge, ed. 2, 2019).
Website: 3. S. Larsen, How peer review works, Open Science Digest (2023). https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (1)

About Science

Science journal citation style. Numbered references. Points at the Science style — the society publishes no CSL style of its own.

When to use Science: Science and Science Advances. Common in: International.

Subject areas: science.

How to use this Science 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 "Science" 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 Science

What is Science?: Science journal citation style. Numbered references. Points at the Science style — the society publishes no CSL style of its own.
When should I use Science?: Science and Science Advances.
What does an in-text citation look like in Science?: Science 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 Science reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Science looks like this: 1. M. Rivera, D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145–162 (2021).
How can I generate a Science 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 Science 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.