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(updated Sep 2022)
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How to do citations in The Lancet style?
This is the Citationsy guide to The Lancet citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to The Lancet 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 The Lancet.
How do you cite a book in the The Lancet referencing style? (2022 Guide)
A book citation in The Lancet always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an exampleHere’s an example book citation in The Lancet using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title, Edition. City: Publisher, 2000.
The Lancet citation:
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Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st edn. New York: Random House, 1969.
How to reference a journal article in the The Lancet citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in The Lancet format?
Use the following template to cite a journal article using the The Lancet citation format.Here’s a The Lancet journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container 2000; Volume: pages Used.
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. 2007; 18: 161-72.
.How to cite a website in a paper in The Lancet style?
Have you come across a news article, blogpost or essay on the web and are not sure how to reference in The Lancet? Here’s how to easily cite itHere’s an The Lancet example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title. 2000; published online Jan.1. https://www.example.com (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
.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. 2008; published online Nov.5. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
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How to cite a YouTube video The Lancet in 2022
Did you know almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. Here’s how to cite one in The LancetHere’s a The Lancet citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title. YouTube. 2000; published online Jan.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out. YouTube. 2015; published online June3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
.How to cite a podcast using The Lancet referencing style
To cite a podcast episode in The Lancet, this is what you’ll needIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in The Lancet.
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Lastname F. Title. 2000; published online Jan.1. http://www.example.com (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
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This American Life. 640: Five Women. 2018; published online March2. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
.How to cite a piece of music or a song using The Lancet 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 The LancetAn example song citation in The Lancet.
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Lastname F. Song Title. 2000 http://www.example.com (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun. 1969 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed Sept. 25, 2022).
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