Referencing / Citation Styles: CSE

CSE (Council of Science Editors) style is most commonly used in the Life Sciences.

It has 3 different citation systems:

• Name-Year: In-text citations appear in brackets, and list the author(s) last name, and the document’s year of publication (e.g. Davies 2009). The end reference list is listed alphabetically by author last name.
• Citation-Name: References in the reference list are organised alphabetically by author last name, and numbered according to their order in the list. This number (in superscript) is then inserted in the text when citing the document.
• Citation-Sequence: A number (in superscript) is assigned to a document the first time it is referenced in the text, and the same number is used whenever that work is cited. The references in the reference list are listed numerically in the order in which they first appear in the text.

Check with your Department as to which system to use and if they require any variations to the system.

Note: The 9th Edition of the CSE Manual was published May 2024, check with your Department whether to use the 8th or 9th edition.

• CSE Citation Quick Guide (from the Council of Science Editors) (9th ed. from March 2024)
• CSE Citation Style Quick Guide (9th ed.) - University of Alberta
• CSE Name-Year 9th ed. tutorial from University of Otago Library
• CSE Name-Year 8th ed. tutorial from University of Otago Library
• CSE Citation Quick Guide (from the Council of Science Editors) (8th ed.)
• Taylor and Francis Standard Reference Style CSE Guide (Good examples of CSE Name Year System)
• CSE Citation Style Quick Guide (Name Year System) PDF (from Dalhousie University) 

• CSE Style Manual, 8th ed. (Name-Year)

• CSE Style Manual, 8th ed. (Citation-Sequence)

• TF-D CSE Citation-Name

CSE Output Styles

• LTWA  (List of Title Word Abbreviations) for using with CSE