Bio 1B Research Skills Guide: Citation: Citation style, Bio 1B Research Skills assignment

Citation style for the Bio 1B Research Skills assignment

The citation style for the Bio 1B Research Skills assignment is based on the style of the journal BioScience. Citations for the assignment should follow the format given below.

Please note: In the article citations for this assignment:

• Date of publication: should not include the month or day
• Journal names: do not include the name of the city of publication if it is given in parentheses
  Example: Nature (London) should be cited as Nature, since (London) is not actually a part of the journal name
• Author names:
  • Separator: In a list of multiple authors, the names are separated by a comma and a space unless the author is the last author listed, in which case the author name is followed by a period.
  • Suffixes: If "Junior" or "III," "IV," etc. are a part of an author's name the suffix should be included after the author's initial(s) without a preceding comma or concluding period (unless the author is the last author listed, in which case a period terminates the entire list of author names).
    Example: Manoel G.C. Gondim, Jr., should be cited as Gondim MGC Jr
  • First initial and middle name: If an author goes by their first initial and middle name, do not change the order of the author's initials.
    Example: M. Night Shyamalan should be cited as Shyamalan MN.
  • Hyphenated first names: If an author has a hyphenated first name it should be cited with two initials.
    Example: Jean-Marc Landry should be cited as Landry JM
  • Hyphenated family name: If an author has a hyphenated family name it should be cited in full, including the hyphen.
    Example: Carrie-Ann Haydu-Houdeshell should be cited as Haydu-Houdeshell CA
  • Multiple family names: If an author has multiple family names they should all be listed in full.
    Example: Gabriel Garcia Marquez should be cited as Garcia Marquez G
  • Diacritical marks: If an author's name includes diacritical marks, omit them for this assignment only (edX Edge can't parse diacritical marks).
    Example: Jenő Kontschán should be cited as Kontschan J

Journal articles

Generic journal article citation in BioScience style:

Author last/family name(s)[space]Author first initial[no space]Author middle initial(s)[period][space]Publication year[period][space]Article title[period][space]Journal title[space]Volume[colon][space]Page numbers[period]

Examples:

Journal article, ten authors or fewer (BioScience Style requires listing up to ten authors):

Koehl MAR, Strother JA, Reidenbach MA, Koseff JR, Hadfield MG. 2007. Individual-based model of larval transport to coral reefs in turbulent, wave-driven flow: Behavioral responses to dissolved settlement inducer. Marine Ecology Progress Series 335: 1-18.

Journal article, more than ten authors (if there are more than ten authors, list only the first author followed by a comma and the phrase et al. (short for et alia, "and others")):

Barnosky AD, et al. 2012. Approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere. Nature 486: 52-58.

Journal article published online only, with an article number rather than page numbers:

Ali-Murthy Z, Lott SE, Eisen MB, Kornberg TB. 2013. An essential role for zygotic expression in the pre-cellular Drosophila embryo. PLoS Genetics 9: e1003428.

Osterrieder A. 2013. The value and use of social media as communication tool in the plant sciences. Plant Methods 9: 26.

Article title ending with a question mark or exclamation point:

Grimaldo LF, Sommer T, Van Ark N, Jones G, Holland E, Moyle PB, Herbold B, Smith P. 2009. Factors affecting fish entrainment into massive water diversions in a tidal freshwater estuary: Can fish losses be managed? North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 1253-1270.

Other types of resources

Book chapter (in book written in its entirety by one or more authors)

Author(s). Year. Title of chapter. Pages __ in Title of Book. Publisher.

Example: Keeley JE. 2012. Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems and fire. Pages 3-29 in Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management. Cambridge University Press.

Book chapter (in edited collection where chapters are written by different authors)

Author(s) of chapter. Year. Title of chapter. Pages __ in Editor(s). Title of Book. Publisher.

Example: Millar CI, Rundel PW. 2016. Subalpine forest. Pages 579-611 in Mooney HA, Zavaleta E, eds. Ecosystems of California. University of California Press.

Encyclopedia entry

Author(s) of entry. Year. Title of entry. Pages __ in Editor(s). Title of Encyclopedia, edition, volume (if more than one). Publisher. If no author is stated, enter "No author stated" for the author(s) of the entry.

Example: Morrone JJ. 2008. Endemism. Pages 81-86 in Fath B, ed. Encyclopedia of Ecology, 2nd Ed, vol. 3. Elsevier.

Website

Author(s) of page. Year. Title of page. Title of website. Sponsor/publisher of website (if different). (Date of access; URL) If no author is stated, enter the sponsor/publisher's name as the author.

Example: Kemp AC, Marks JS. 2020. African Fish Eagle: Haliaeetus vocifer. Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (10 October 2022; https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/affeag1/cur/introduction)

Video

Creator(s)/sponsor(s) of video. Year. Title of video. Sponsor/publisher of hosting website. (Date of access; URL)

Example: HHMI Biointeractive. 2016. Some animals are more equal than others: Keystone species and trophic cascades. YouTube. (10 October 2022; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGg5it5FMI)

General magazine article

Authors(s). Year. Title of article. Title of Magazine. Volume(Issue), Date (day (if available) and month or season), page(s).

Example: Chrobak U. 2022. Smart leaves. Scientific American 326(6), June, p. 20.

Newsletter article

Author(s). Year. Title of article. Title of Newsletter. Sponsoring Organization/Publisher. Volume(Issue), Date (day (if available) and month or season), page(s).

Example: Handley V. 2019. Collection update. Newsletter. University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley. 44(1), Fall, p. 5-7.

Newspaper article

Author(s). Year. Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Date (day and month), page(s).

Example: Karlamangla S, Perez A. 2022. In California, one hardy pine has survived for 4,800 years. New York Times. 9 October, p. A14.

For additional guidance (citation examples begin on p. 11):