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Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) Citation Generator
Generate references in Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) 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 Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) reference looks like
Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) 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, M.Q. Martindale, A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians, PNAS 119 (2022) e2113701119.
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, (2021).
Journal article with 26 authors
[1] C.R. Harris, K.J. Millman, S.J. van der Walt, R. Gommers, P. Virtanen, D. Cournapeau, E. Wieser, J. Taylor, S. Berg, N.J. Smith, R. Kern, M. Picus, S. Hoyer, M.H. van Kerkwijk, M. Brett, A. Haldane, J.F. del Río, M. Wiebe, P. Peterson, P. Gérard-Marchant, K. Sheppard, T. Reddy, W. Weckesser, H. Abbasi, C. Gohlke, T.E. Oliphant, Array programming with NumPy, Nature 585 (2020) 357–362.
Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) 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 all 26.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
- The style file was last updated in September 2012.
The guide this style follows: elsevier.com
How Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) compares with IEEE Reference Guide version 11.29.2023
Where Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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 Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
How does Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically) 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 Elsevier (numeric, with titles, sorted alphabetically)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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