Rare Diseases Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in Rare Diseases style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Rare Diseases 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 Rare Diseases.

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cite Rare Diseases  — Referencing Guide



How do you cite a book in the Rare Diseases referencing style? (2024 Guide)

A book citation in Rare Diseases always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

Here’s an example book citation in Rare Diseases using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Rare Diseases citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in Rare Diseases looks like this: 1


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How to reference a journal article in the Rare Diseases citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Rare Diseases format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Rare Diseases citation format.

Here’s a Rare Diseases journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet] 2000 [cited 2024 Apr. 23]; Volume:pages Used. Available from: URL
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 Rare Diseases: