4.5 How to Cite with CSE

This guide is based on the 9th edition (2024) of Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers and covers the CSE Name-Year citation system.

In-text citations

In text citations include the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication. Follow these guidelines to format your in text citations correctly.

1. How names are displayed depends on the number of authors:

2. To cite multiple works at once, list the works in chronological order, from earliest to most recent.

(Hanlon 2007; Arnaud 2015; Torras 2016)

3. If you are quoting a paper, include the page number of the quotation as follows:

(Mathevon et al 2017: 2353)

Reference list citations

Reference list citations change depending on the type of item you are citing. Examples are below. These examples are for Name-Year reference lists

Notes for all citations:

• Citations have a hanging indent, that means every line after the first line is indented to the right.
• Author names are included in the format Author A, Author B, Author C
  • If authors have multiple initials use Author AA etc with no periods between initials
• Only the first word of titles or proper nouns should be capitalized.
  • If the first work is “the” or “a”/”an”, capitalize the second letter as well
• CSE uses journal title abbreviations. To search for the appropriate abbreviation try CASSI or Web of Science Journal Title Abbreviations

Journal Article

Authors. Year of publication. Article title. Abbreviated journal title. Volume(issue):page numbers. DOI or other URL

Book

Authors. Year of publication. Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. DOI or other URL

Note: For print books, do not include a DOI or URL

Chapter in an edited book

Authors of chapter. Year of publication. Title of chapter. In: Editor names(s), editor(s). Book title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher. Page numbers of chapter. DOI or other URL

Further help

For more help with CSE and in depth examples, check out the CSE Citation Guide: https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/citing/cse