SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)

How do you cite a book in the SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences 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 SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences

Here’s an example book citation in SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences using placeholders: So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences citation: And an in-text citation book citation in SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences looks like this: (Angelou 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences format?

An SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences 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 how

Here’s a SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences journal citation example using placeholders: 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 SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences: