Frontiers in Optics Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Frontiers in Optics style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Frontiers in Optics 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 Frontiers in Optics.

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How do you cite a book in the Frontiers in Optics referencing style? (2024 Guide)

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in Frontiers in Optics

Here’s an example book citation in Frontiers in Optics using placeholders:
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F. N. Last Name, Title, Edition, E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Ed. (Publisher, City, 2000).
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Frontiers in Optics citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. (Random House, New York, 1969).
And an in-text citation book citation in Frontiers in Optics looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the Frontiers in Optics citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Frontiers in Optics format?

Have you come across a research paper or journal article you would like to cite in your own research? Here’s how to do it in Frontiers in Optics

Here’s a Frontiers in Optics journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F., “Title”, Container Volume, pages Used (Journal Name, 2000).
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 Frontiers in Optics: