Formatting for Scientific Journals
In CSE, the names of Scientific Journals are abbreviated according to standard rules. To look up a specific journal and determine the standard abbreviation, visit these sites:
Journal Title Abbreviations from Caltech Library
There are three ways of finding a journal article:
• in an electronic database, such as ProQuest, Academic Search Premier or Ethnic NewsWatch
• on a journal's website
• print copy of the publication
Citation information includes:
Author, publication date, article title and journal title.
If an article is from an online source, either from a website or database, include the word "Internet" in brackets [ ] after the name of the journal. Also include the date the article is accessed and end the citation with "Available from . . ." followed by the name of the database or the URL of the website.
Journal titles should be abbreviated. Click here to use LocatorPlus from the National Library of Medicine to find the correct abbreviation.
BASIC CITATION SET UP
Citation number. Author(s) of article. Title of article. Abbreviated title of journal (edition) [Internet]. Date of publication [date updated; date of access];volume(issue):web address.
EXAMPLES
Article from a library database
1. Hernandez-Deckers D, von Storch J. Impact of the warming pattern on global energetics. J Clim [Internet]. 2012 [cited 2012 Oct 24];25(15):5223-5240. Available from: http://web.ebscohost.com
Article from a journal's website
2. Stueve KM, Perry CH, Nelson MD, Healey SP, Hill AD, Moisen GG, Cohen WB, Gormanson DD, Huang C. Ecological importance of intermediate windstorms rival large, infrequent disturbances in the Northern Great Lakes. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2011 [cited 2011 Feb 12]; 2(1):2-4. Available from: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/ES10-00062.1.
3. Penman B, Gupta S. Evolution of virulence in malaria. J Biol [Internet]. 2008 [cited 2008 Nov 4]; 7(22). Available from: http://jbiol.com/content/7/6/22/
If you are using an article that you found in the hard copy of the journal (which means you are holding the complete journal in your hand), leave off any information that refers to the internet.
EXAMPLE
Reznick DN, Ricklefs RE. Darwin's bridge between microevolution and macroevolution. Nature. 2009;457(7231):837-842.