Negative Results Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Negative Results style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Negative Results 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 Negative Results.

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How do you cite a book in the Negative Results referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Negative Results

Here’s an example book citation in Negative Results using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N. (2000). Title (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:
Negative Results citation:
Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Random House).
And an in-text citation book citation in Negative Results looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Negative Results citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Negative Results format?

Do you need help referencing or citing a research paper in Negative Results? Here’s how

Here’s a Negative Results journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Container Volume, pages Used.
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 Negative Results: