Scientific Style and Format is the official manual for authors, editors, and publishers working in the sciences, overseen by the Council of Science Editors (CSE). St Petersburg College's biology programs use CSE's Name/Year format for citations.
For more information, see the CSE manual webpage linked in the introduction.
| Type of Citation | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Single author and year given | (Author Year) | (Smith 2009) |
| Multiple works by the same author in different years | (Author Year, Year) | (Smith 2009, 2010) |
| Multiple works by the same author in the same year | (Author Year a, Year b) | (Smith 2009a, 2009b) |
| Multiple authors with the same last name | (Author First Name Initial and Author First Name Initial Year) | (Smith R and Smith J 2009) |
| Two authors | (Author and Author Year) | (Smith and Jones 2009) |
| Multiple authors | (Author et al Year) | (Smith et al 2009) |
| Corporation or organization as the author | (Organization Name Year) | (CDC 2009) |
| Work without an author | (Title Year) | (How to Grow Bees 2009) |
| Work with no date available | (Author [date unknown]) | (Smith [date unknown]) |
The example pages for the title, abstract, first page, and references are all from the CSE Citation Style Guide from Cite Chimp, and the reference below is an example of how you would cite the webpage (CSE Citation Style Guide 2025).
CSE Citation Style Guide. Cite Chimp; [accessed 2025 Jan 14]. https://citechimp.com/cse-style/
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