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Cell Citation Generator
Generate references in Cell 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 a Cell reference looks like
Cell 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. Babonis, L.S., and Martindale, M.Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 119, e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Book
1. Kuhn, T.S. (1970). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press).
Web page
1. IPCC (2021). Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/.
Journal article with 26 authors
1. Harris, C.R., Millman, K.J., van der Walt, S.J., Gommers, R., Virtanen, P., Cournapeau, D., Wieser, E., Taylor, J., Berg, S., Smith, N.J., et al. (2020). Array programming with NumPy. Nature 585, 357–362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2.
Cell at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in biology.
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...).
- 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 March 2024.
The guide this style follows: cell.com
How Cell compares with Cell journals (numeric)
Where Cell differs:
- DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...).
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
The same journal article in Cell journals (numeric)
1. Babonis, L.S., and Martindale, M.Q. (2022). A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 119, e2113701119. 10.1073/pnas.2113701119.
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Cell list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
How does Cell handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...). Web pages are cited without an access date.
How is the reference list ordered in Cell?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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