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The Plant Cell Citation Generator
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What The Plant Cell reference looks like
The Plant Cell 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 and Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 2022:119(19):e2113701119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Book
Kuhn TS. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press).
Web page
IPCC. Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. 2021. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/. Retrieved July 15, 2026
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. Array programming with NumPy. Nature. 2020:585(7825):357–362. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2
The Plant Cell 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.
- 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 reference list uses a hanging indent.
- The style file was last updated in February 2024.
The guide this style follows: academic.oup.com
How The Plant Cell compares with CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format 9th edition (name-year)
Where The Plant Cell differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names the first 10 authors and shortens the rest.
- 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 The Plant Cell 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 The Plant Cell 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 The Plant Cell?
The reference list is sorted alphabetically by author. The reference list uses a hanging indent.
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