GigaScience Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2022)

Last updated: Thu, Sep 29 2022 at 09:36am

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How to do citations in GigaScience style?

This is the Citationsy guide to GigaScience 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 GigaScience.

How do you cite a book in the GigaScience referencing style? (2022 Guide)

There are two places to get the information you need for a book citation: the title page, and the reverse side of the title page. Here’s how to cite it in GigaScience.

Here’s an example book citation in GigaScience using placeholders:

1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher; 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:
GigaScience citation:

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

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

How to reference a journal article in the GigaScience citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in GigaScience format?

An GigaScience citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s how

Here’s a GigaScience journal citation example using placeholders:

1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet]. Journal Name; 2000 [cited 2022Oct.1];Volume:pages Used. URL

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 GigaScience:

1. Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet]. Food Quality and Preference; 2007 [cited 2022Oct.1];18:161-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008

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

How to cite a website in a paper in GigaScience style?

I found a useful website and want to cite information from it in my paper. How do I reference in GigaScience? Here’s a simple guide on how to do it

Here’s an GigaScience example website reference:

1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://www.example.com

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

1. Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President [Internet]. The Guardian; 2008 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083

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

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How to cite a YouTube video GigaScience in 2022

Have you discovered something while watching a Youtube channel or video and would like to know how to reference it in GigaScience? Here’s how

Here’s a GigaScience citation YouTube video example:

1. ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube. 2000 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video GigaScience?

1. Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube. 2015 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using GigaScience referencing style

Did you know there are over 50 million podcast episodes out in the world for you to listen to? If you want to cite one in GigaScience, here’s how

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 GigaScience.

1. Lastname F. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2022Oct.1]. http://www.example.com

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

1. This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. WBEZ Radio; 2018 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women

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

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

Although citing a song might seem uncommon, there’s no need to worry. We’ve got you covered for both audio recordings and written song lyrics, here’s how to cite in GigaScience

An example song citation in GigaScience.

1. Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. Album. 2000 [cited 2022Oct.1]. http://www.example.com

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

1. The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. Abbey Road. 1969 [cited 2022Oct.1]. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150

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

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GigaScience Referencing Guide (updated Oct 2022)

How do you cite a book in the GigaScience referencing style? (2022 Guide)

How to reference a journal article in the GigaScience citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in GigaScience format?

How to cite a website in a paper in GigaScience style?

How to cite a YouTube video GigaScience in 2022

How to cite a podcast using GigaScience referencing style

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

GigaScience Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2022)