What does a Traffic reference list entry look like?

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

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

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Traffic citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Traffic — 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;12:145–162.
Book: 2. Okafor A. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press; 2019.
Website: 3. Larsen S. How peer review works [Internet]. Open Science Digest. 2023 [cited 2024 Jan 10];Available from: https://www.example.org/peer-review
In-text citation (for the journal article): [1]

About Traffic

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

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

Subject areas: medicine and biology.

How to use this Traffic 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 "Traffic" 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 Traffic

What is Traffic?: Citation style for Traffic. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Traffic?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Traffic style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Traffic?: Traffic 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 Traffic reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Traffic looks like this: 1. Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 2021;12:145–162.
How can I generate a Traffic 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 Traffic 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.