Learning guide
How to Cite Sources in CSE 9 Citation-Sequence
CSE 9 supports Citation-Sequence, Citation-Name and Name-Year. This guide focuses on Citation-Sequence, where numbered in-text citations point to references ordered by first appearance.
Method
- Confirm that Citation-Sequence is the required CSE system.
- Use surname plus undotted initials for personal authors.
- Use an abbreviated journal title and compact year-volume-page formatting for journal articles.
- Prefer a DOI-based URL when one is available.
Worked example
Journal pattern: Author AA. Article title. Journal Abbrev. Year;volume(issue):pages. DOI
Book pattern: Author AA. Book title. Edition. Publisher; Year.
Notes
- CSE 9 is the current manual edition.
- For articles with more than five authors, CSE 9 uses the first author followed by et al.
- Journal abbreviations should be checked against an authoritative abbreviation source.