Heliyon Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Heliyon 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 Heliyon.
How to do citations in Heliyon style?

How do you cite a book in the Heliyon referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Heliyon using placeholders:[1]
F.N. Last Name, Title, Edition, Publisher, City, 2000.
Heliyon citation:
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J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 1st ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, London, 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the Heliyon citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in Heliyon format?
Here’s a Heliyon journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., Title, Container. Volume (2000) pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
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C. Petit, J. Sieffermann, Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, 18 (2007) 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
How to cite a website in a paper in Heliyon style?
Here’s an Heliyon example website reference:[1]
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., Title, (2000). https://www.example.com (accessed April 21, 2021).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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M. Tran, Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, (2008). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed April 21, 2021).
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How to cite a YouTube video Heliyon
Here’s a Heliyon citation YouTube video example:[1]
ChannelName, Title, YouTube. (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed April 21, 2021).
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Pixar, Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube. (2015). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed April 21, 2021).
How to cite a podcast using Heliyon 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 Heliyon.
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F. Lastname, Title, (2000). http://www.example.com (accessed April 21, 2021).
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This American Life, 640: Five Women, (2018). https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed April 21, 2021).
How to cite a piece of music or a song using Heliyon referencing style?
An example song citation in Heliyon.[1]
F. Lastname, Song Title, 2000. http://www.example.com (accessed April 21, 2021).
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, 1969. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed April 21, 2021).
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