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CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) is an author-date style: the in-text citation gives the author surname and year in parentheses.
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Journal article
Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. 2022. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 119(19):e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Book
Kuhn TS. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press.
Web page
IPCC. 2021. [accessed 2026 July 15]. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
In-text citation
(Babonis and Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris CR et al. 2020. Array programming with NumPy. Nature. 585(7825):357–362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2
CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, geology, medicine, the natural sciences and zoology.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
- First names are shortened to initials.
- DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...).
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in September 2025.
The guide this style follows: csemanual.org
How CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) compares with NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year)
Where CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...).
- The reference list has no hanging indent, which NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) uses.
- In the text it writes (Babonis and Martindale 2022) where NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year) writes (Babonis, and Martindale 2022).
The same journal article in NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (name-year)
Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 2022 May 3;119(19):e2113701119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
How does CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) handle DOIs and web pages?
DOIs are printed as links (https://doi.org/...). Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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