Cell Reports Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Cell Reports style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Cell Reports citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Cell Reports.

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How do you cite a book in the Cell Reports referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Cell Reports

Here’s an example book citation in Cell Reports using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N. (2000). Title (City: Publisher).
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Cell Reports citation:
Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Random House).
And an in-text citation book citation in Cell Reports looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Cell Reports citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Cell Reports format?

To cite a research paper or journal article following the Cell Reports formatting guide, follow these easy steps

Here’s a Cell Reports journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Container Volume, pages Used.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in Cell Reports: