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Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology

Citation Style Guide

The Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology uses an author-date citation system based on The Council
of Science Editors (CSE) Scientific Style and Format. This citation guide provides common examples
of how to cite and format your references. For more comprehensive instructions, refer to Scientific
Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers – 8th edition. Please note that
there are some modifications of the CSE citation style to maintain consistency with historical usage
in the journal.

We strongly suggest authors use a reference manager (e.g. Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote) to build their
citation list. For Mendeley, you can add the CSE Style by clicking on View  Citation Styles  More
Styles  Get more styles, then choose or type “Councils of Science Editors, Name-Year (author-
date)”, and click Install. For Zotero, choose CSE Name-Year Style as the Default Output Format
(under Preferences  Export) when you export your reference library.

In-text citation
Cite the last name of the author and year of publication, with no comma in between the name and
year.

Source Example
Single author The proximity of a habitat to remnant forest patches
Last name and year of publication. may influence plant species richness (Chinea 2002).

Two authors There are several possible factors that could inhibit
Last names of both authors and year of seedling establishment in grassland (Coop and Givnish
publication. 2008).

Three or more authors In the long run, native tree species can prevail over
Main author et al. and year of non-native ones (Silver et al. 2004).
publication.

Organisation/institution The first MODIS sensor was launched on 18 December

Same as single author. 1999 (NASA 2006).

Multiple sources in single citation Remote sensing techniques can be directly or indirectly
Author/year is separated by semi- used for estimating aboveground forest biomass at
colon, list chronologically. various scales (Sader et al. 1989; Jakubauskas 1996).

Multiple works by same author in Much of the area of north Sarawak and offshore is a
single citation Tertiary subduction complex (Hamilton 1973, 1979).
Dates separated by comma.

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Multiple works by same author in By 1955, C. odorata was already found in Umzinto
same year (Egberink and Pickworth 1969a, 1969b).
Put a, b, c, etc. after date.

End references

1. Journal articles

Note:
- To save space, CSE advises that journal titles be abbreviated in accordance with the ISO 4
standard (you can consult the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations or use a tool such as CASSI
to generate abbreviated journal titles), with a period only at the end of the title.
- Do not use spaces before or after the colon in the journal volume/issue.
- A DOI (if available) should be added at the end of each reference for all electronic sources.
- For references in a non-English language, please provide the English translation between
square brackets ([ ]) right after the title.

Source Example
Journal article with persons as authors. Tripp S, London T, Spend DT. 2005. Greeting the
protein. J Growth. 10(9):2022-2030.

Journal article with organization as [NIH] National Institutes of Health (US), Task Force on
author Trauma. 1996. Ending confusion. Trauma Care.
202(2):123-134.

Journal article with more than 10 Malarta G, Tubbs K, Brighton E, Ballard D, Kali J, Franks
authors [include first 10 authors, BB, Ziegler B, Creighton V, Jenks Q, Peters D, et al.
followed by “et al.”] 2007. Investigating Pain. N Eng J Med. 45(1):62-78.

Journal article on the internet Tripp S, London T, Spend DT. 2005. Greeting the
(Note: a pdf article should be cited as if protein. J Growth [Internet]. [revised 2006 Dec 1; cited
it were a print article.) 2007 Feb 20]; 10(9):2022-2030. Available from:
http://www.growth.com/2005109/tripp.htm

(If a direct URL to the item is not
available, give instructions to the item
from the URL.)
[NIH] National Institutes of Health (US), Task Force on
Trauma. 1996. Ending confusion. Trauma Care
[Internet]. [cited 2007 Feb 20]; 202(2):123-134.
Available from:
http://www.traumacare.com/reprints/1996/201/2/nihtft.
htm

Malarta G, Tubbs K, Brighton E, Ballard D, Kali J, Franks

BB, Ziegler B, Creighton V, Jenks Q, Peters D, et al.
2007. Investigating Pain. N Eng J Med [Internet]. [cited
2007 Feb 20]; 45(1):62-78. Available from:
http://nejm.com/pubs/ after clicking on the Year link.

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2. Books

Source Example

Textbooks Bennett G. 1962. Management of artificial lakes and

ponds. New York (NY): Reinhold Publishing
Corporation.

Dobie J, Moyle JB. 1962. Methods used for investigating

productivity of fish-rearing ponds in Minnesota. [St Paul
(MN)]: [publisher unknown].

Parts of a book Cross TU, Rollins Q, Barnes G, editors. 2000. Dictionary

of biological terms. 5th ed. Boston (MA): Dolin
Publications. Antacid; p. 9.

Twindler M. 2002. Drawing conclusions. New York (NY):

Brown Pubs. Chapter 12, Logical connections; p. 199-
224.
Contribution to a book
Britt KA. 2006. Hormones. In: Kline E, Frick P, Camp D,
editors. Encyclopedia of science. Boston (MA: Dexter
Pub. p. 198-200.

3. Technical reports

Example

Reilly MH. 1979. Equations of powered rocket ascent and orbit trajectory. Washington (DC): Naval
Research Laboratory (US). Report No: 8237.

4. Homepages and Websites

Examples

MedlinePLUS: Drugs and Supplements [Internet]. 2007. Bethesda (MD): National Library of
Medicine (US) and National Institutes of Health (US); [last updated 2007 Jan 31; cited 2007 Feb 20].
Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

PDRHealth [Internet]. c2006. [place unknown]: Thomson Healthcare; [cited 2007 Feb 20]. Available
from: http://www.pdrhealth.com/

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Johnson Matthey Co -- calcium carbonate, 12365 -- 6810-00N084326. 1996 Mar 22. In: SIRI/MSDS
Index [Internet]. [place unknown]: Vermont Safety Information Resources; [cited 2007 Feb 20].
Available from: http://hazard.com/msds/f2/cgs/cgsrs.html