Current Biology Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to Current Biology 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 Current Biology.

How to do citations in Current Biology style?

cite Current Biology — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the Current Biology referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in Current Biology using placeholders:

Last Name, F.N. (2000). Title Edition. E. F. N. Editor Last Name, ed. (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:
Current Biology citation:

Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1st ed. (New York: Random House).

And an in-text citation book citation in Current Biology looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the Current Biology citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Current Biology format?

Here’s a Current Biology journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Container Volume, pages Used. Available at: URL [Accessed December 8, 2021].

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 Current Biology:

Petit, C., and Sieffermann, J. (2007). Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-172. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008 [Accessed December 8, 2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a website in a paper in Current Biology style?

Here’s an Current Biology example website reference:

Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author2 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Available at: https://www.example.com [Accessed December 8, 2021].

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, M. (2008). Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [Accessed December 8, 2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video Current Biology

Here’s a Current Biology citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName (2000). Title. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [Accessed December 8, 2021].

So how to cite a video Current Biology?

Pixar (2015). Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [Accessed December 8, 2021].

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using Current Biology referencing style

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Current Biology.

Lastname, F. (2000). Title. Available at: http://www.example.com [Accessed December 8, 2021].

Podcast referencing example in Current Biology using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life (2018). 640: Five Women. Available at: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women [Accessed December 8, 2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a piece of music or a song using Current Biology referencing style?

An example song citation in Current Biology.

Lastname, F. (2000). Song Title Available at: http://www.example.com [Accessed December 8, 2021].

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Current Biology:

The Beatles (1969). Here Comes the Sun Available at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 [Accessed December 8, 2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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