iScience Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2023)
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How to do citations in iScience style?
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This is the Citationsy guide to iScience citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
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How do you cite a book in the iScience referencing style? (2023 Guide)
One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in iScienceHere’s an example book citation in iScience using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N., 2000. Title, Edition. ed. Publisher, City.
iScience citation:
Angelou, M., 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. Random House, New York.
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How to reference a journal article in the iScience citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in iScience format?
An iScience 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 howHere’s a iScience journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author3 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title. Container Volume, pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI
Petit, C., Sieffermann, J., 2007. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence? 18, 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
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How to cite a website in a paper in iScience style?
Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in iScience? Here’s how to easily cite itHere’s an iScience example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA.F., Author2 LastnameA.F., 2000. Title [WWW Document]. URL https://www.example.com (accessed 10.5.2023).
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 [WWW Document]. URL https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 10.5.2023).
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How to cite a YouTube video iScience in 2023
Are you watching a YouTube video and you don’t know how to cite it? Here’s a simple way to do it in iScienceHere’s a iScience citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName, 2000. Title [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 10.5.2023).
Pixar, 2015. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [WWW Document]. YouTube. URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 10.5.2023).
How to cite a podcast using iScience referencing style
Podcasts can be perfect sources of information for your research paper. They cover a wide range of topics you may want to address in your paper. Here’s how to cite them in iScienceIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in iScience.
Lastname, F., 2000. Title.
This American Life, 2018. 640: Five Women.
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using iScience referencing style?
Have you ever cited a movie before? You will see that citing a song is a pretty similar process. Here’s how to do it in iScienceAn example song citation in iScience.
Lastname, F., 2000. Song Title, Album.
The Beatles, 1969. Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road.
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