ScienceAsia Referencing Guide
(updated Sep 2023)


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How to do citations in ScienceAsia style?

This is the Citationsy guide to ScienceAsia 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 ScienceAsia.

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How do you cite a book in the ScienceAsia referencing style? (2023 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 ScienceAsia

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


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How to reference a journal article in the ScienceAsia citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in ScienceAsia format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in ScienceAsia, follow this example

Here’s a ScienceAsia journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Container Volume, pages Used.
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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 ScienceAsia:
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Petit C, Sieffermann J (2007) Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 18, 161-72.
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And an in-text citation would look like this: 1


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How to cite a website in a paper in ScienceAsia style?

If you’re writing a research paper, you’ll likely do a fair amount of research online. If you have websites that you want to use as sources for your paper in ScienceAsia, follow this simple guide

Here’s an ScienceAsia example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF (2000) Title. Available at: https://www.example.com [Accessed September 22, 2023].
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M (2008) Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 [Accessed September 22, 2023].
And an in-text citation would look like this: 1

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How to cite a YouTube video ScienceAsia in 2023

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to ScienceAsia, all you need it the following

Here’s a ScienceAsia citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName (2000) Title. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX [Accessed September 22, 2023].
So how to cite a video ScienceAsia?
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Pixar (2015) Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ [Accessed September 22, 2023].
And an in-text video citation would look like this: 1

How to cite a podcast using ScienceAsia referencing style

Citing a podcast in ScienceAsia is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do it

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 ScienceAsia.
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Lastname F (2000) Title. Available at: http://www.example.com [Accessed September 22, 2023].
Podcast referencing example in ScienceAsia using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life (2018) 640: Five Women. Available at: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women [Accessed September 22, 2023].
And an in-text citation would look like this: 1

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

Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in ScienceAsia

An example song citation in ScienceAsia.
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Lastname F (2000) Song Title Available at: http://www.example.com [Accessed September 22, 2023].
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in ScienceAsia:
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The Beatles (1969) Here Comes the Sun Available at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 [Accessed September 22, 2023].
And an in-text citation would look like this: 1


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