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Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) 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. [place unknown]: University of Chicago Press.
Web page
IPCC. 2021. Climate change 2021: the physical science basis [Internet]. [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, 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(7825):357–362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2
Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in the natural sciences.
- 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.
- 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 April 2021.
The guide this style follows: tandf.co.uk
How Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) compares with CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Where Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) 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 Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date) 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 Taylor & Francis - Council of Science Editors (author-date)?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author.
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