PLOS ONE Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to PLOS ONE 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 ONE.

How to do citations in PLOS ONE style?

How do you cite a book in the PLOS ONE referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in PLOS ONE using placeholders:

Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher; 2000.

So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
PLOS ONE citation:

Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997.

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

How to reference a journal article in the PLOS ONE citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in PLOS ONE format?

Here’s a PLOS ONE journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume: pages Used. doi:DOI

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 PLOS ONE:

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

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

How to cite a website in a paper in PLOS ONE style?

Here’s an PLOS ONE example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. In: [Internet]. Publisher; 1Jan.2000 [cited 7May2021]. Available: 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:

Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. In: [Internet]. The Guardian; 5Nov.2008 [cited 7May2021]. Available: 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 PLOS ONE

Here’s a PLOS ONE citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. Title. In: YouTube [Internet]. 1Jan.2000 [cited 7May2021]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX

So how to cite a video PLOS ONE?

Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. In: YouTube [Internet]. 3Jun.2015 [cited 7May2021]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ

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

How to cite a podcast using PLOS ONE 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 ONE.

Lastname F. Title. Publisher; 2000. Available: http://www.example.com

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

This American Life. 640: Five Women. WBEZ Radio; 2018. Available: 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 PLOS ONE referencing style?

An example song citation in PLOS ONE.

Lastname F. Song Title. Album. 2000. Available: http://www.example.com

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

The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. 1969. Available: 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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PLOS ONE Referencing Guide

This is the Citationsy guide to PLOS ONE 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 ONE.

How do you cite a book in the PLOS ONE referencing style?

How to reference a journal article in the PLOS ONE citation style? How do you cite scientific papers in PLOS ONE format?

How to cite a website in a paper in PLOS ONE style?

How to cite a YouTube video PLOS ONE

How to cite a podcast using PLOS ONE referencing style

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

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This is the Citationsy guide to PLOS ONE 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 ONE.

How to reference a journal article in the PLOS ONE citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in PLOS ONE format?

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Stop doing your references by hand