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Current Opinion journals Citation Generator
Generate references in Current Opinion journals 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 Current Opinion journals reference looks like
Current Opinion journals 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 LS, Martindale MQ: A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 2022, 119:e2113701119.
Book
1. Kuhn TS: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press; 1970.
Web page
1. IPCC: Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. 2021,
Journal article with 26 authors
1. Harris CR, Millman KJ, van der Walt SJ, Gommers R, Virtanen P, Cournapeau D, Wieser E, Taylor J, Berg S, Smith NJ, et al.: Array programming with NumPy. Nature 2020, 585:357–362.
Current Opinion journals at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- In the text, the first source is cited as [1].
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors 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 September 2012.
The guide this style follows: elsevier.com
How Current Opinion journals compares with NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
Where Current Opinion journals differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
The same journal article in NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
1. 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 Current Opinion journals list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
How does Current Opinion journals 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 Current Opinion journals?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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