Citing in the Sciences

Here are two of the common writing guides used in Biological Sciences at Le Moyne College:

Students are encouraged to look at citation examples in their pre-lab in order to see how to correctly complete in-text citations and a reference page.

Alternatively, students can use this book from the library's reference collection.

Journal Article from a journal that is published in print (even if you are reading the article online): 

Author Last name, Author First and middle initial(s). Year. Title of article. Journal Title Volume (issue): pages. 

Example:

Wilmers, C.C., Crabtree, R.L., Smith, D., Murphy, K.M., Getz, W.M. 2003. Trophic facilitation by introduced top predators: gray wolf subsidies to scavengers in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Animal Ecology 72(3): 909-916. 

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Journal Article from a journal published online only:

Author last name, Author first and middle initial(s). Year. Title of article. Journal Title Volume (issue): pages.  Available from: URL (or DOI: )

Examples: 

Parundekar, A., Kalantre, G., Khadpekar, A., Viswanathan, G.A. 2019. Operating regimes in a single enzymatic cascade at ensemble-level. PLoS One 14(8):e0220243. doi: 10.1371/journal.poine.0220243.

OR

Parundekar, A., Kalantre, G., Khadpekar, A., Viswanathan, G.A. 2019. Operating regimes in a single enzymatic cascade at ensemble-level. PLoS One 14(8):e0220243. Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675077/pdf/pone.0220243.pdf