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American Physical Society Citation Generator
Generate references in American Physical Society from a DOI or link in seconds. CitApp renders this style with citeproc, the same engine as Zotero and Mendeley, so every comma matches the spec. Free for students, no sign-up to try.
What an American Physical Society reference looks like
American Physical Society is a numeric style: sources are cited with a bracketed or superscript number in the order they first appear, and the reference list is numbered to match.
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Journal article
[1] L. S. Babonis and M. Q. Martindale, A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians, PNAS 119, e2113701119 (2022).
Book
[1] T. S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press, 1970).
Web page
[1] IPCC, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/.
Journal article with 26 authors
[1] C. R. Harris et al., Array programming with NumPy, Nature 585, 357 (2020).
American Physical Society at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in physics.
- In the text, the first source is cited as [1].
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
- The style file was last updated in December 2024.
The guide this style follows: journals.aps.org
How American Physical Society compares with IEEE Reference Guide version 11.29.2023
Where American Physical Society differs:
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
The same journal article in IEEE Reference Guide version 11.29.2023
[1] L. S. Babonis and M. Q. Martindale, “A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians,” PNAS, vol. 119, no. 19, p. e2113701119, May 2022, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does American Physical Society list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
How does American Physical Society handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages are cited without an access date.
How is the reference list ordered in American Physical Society?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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