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Molecular Biology and Evolution Citation Generator
Generate references in Molecular Biology and Evolution 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 Molecular Biology and Evolution reference looks like
Molecular Biology and Evolution 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:e2113701119.
Book
Kuhn TS. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press
Web page
IPCC. 2021. Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. Available from: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
In-text citation
(Babonis and Martindale 2022)
Journal article with 26 authors
Harris CR, Millman KJ, van der Walt SJ, Gommers R, Virtanen P, Cournapeau D, Wieser E, Taylor J, Berg S, Smith NJ, et al. 2020. Array programming with NumPy. Nature 585:357–362.
Molecular Biology and Evolution at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in biology.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
- In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
- 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 reference list uses a hanging indent.
- The style file was last updated in September 2012.
The guide this style follows: academic.oup.com
How Molecular Biology and Evolution compares with CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Where Molecular Biology and Evolution 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 reference list uses a hanging indent, which CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year) does not.
The same journal article in CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. 2022. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 119(19):e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Molecular Biology and Evolution list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest. In the text, the same paper becomes (Harris et al. 2020).
How does Molecular Biology and Evolution 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 Molecular Biology and Evolution?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent.
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