PLOS Medicine Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to PLOS Medicine 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 PLOS Medicine.
How to do citations in PLOS Medicine style?
How do you cite a book in the PLOS Medicine referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in PLOS Medicine using placeholders:1.
Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher; 2000.
PLOS Medicine citation:
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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997.
How to reference a journal article in the PLOS Medicine citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in PLOS Medicine format?
Here’s a PLOS Medicine journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume: pages Used. doi:DOI
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007;18: 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008
How to cite a website in a paper in PLOS Medicine style?
Here’s an PLOS Medicine example website reference:1.
Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. In: [Internet]. Publisher; 1Jan.2000 [cited 27Feb.2020]. Available: https://www.example.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. In: [Internet]. The Guardian; 5Nov.2008 [cited 27Feb.2020]. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
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How to cite a YouTube video PLOS Medicine
Here’s a PLOS Medicine citation YouTube video example:1.
ChannelName. Title. In: YouTube [Internet]. 1Jan.2000 [cited 27Feb.2020]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube [Internet]. 3Jun.2015 [cited 27Feb.2020]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ
How to cite a podcast using PLOS Medicine 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 PLOS Medicine.
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Lastname F. Title. Publisher; 2000. Available: http://www.example.com
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio; 2018. Available: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women
How to cite a piece of music or a song using PLOS Medicine referencing style?
An example song citation in PLOS Medicine.1.
Lastname F. Song Title. Album. 2000. Available: http://www.example.com
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. 1969. Available: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150
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