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Trends journals Citation Generator
Generate references in Trends 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 Trends journals reference looks like
Trends 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, L.S. and Martindale, M.Q. (2022) A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 119, e2113701119
Book
1. Kuhn, T.S. (1970) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of Chicago Press
Web page
1. IPCC (2021) Climate change 2021: the physical science basis[Online]. Available: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/. [Accessed: 15-July-2026]
Journal article with 26 authors
1. Harris, C.R. et al. (2020) Array programming with NumPy. Nature 585, 357–362
Trends journals at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in biology and medicine.
- In the text, the first source is cited as [1].
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
- The style file was last updated in September 2022.
The guide this style follows: cell.com
How Trends journals compares with APA Style 7th edition (numeric, superscript)
Where Trends journals differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is single-spaced, where APA Style 7th edition (numeric, superscript) is double-spaced.
- In the text, the first source is cited as [1].
The same journal article in APA Style 7th edition (numeric, superscript)
1. Babonis, L. S., & Martindale, M. Q. (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 Trends journals list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
How does Trends journals handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in Trends journals?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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