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This document provides examples and guidelines for citing references in the Nature citation style. It includes examples for citing online and print articles, book chapters, and general rules for reference lists.

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Nature

This document provides examples and guidelines for citing references in the Nature citation style. It includes examples for citing online and print articles, book chapters, and general rules for reference lists.

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Nature Citation Quick Guide

This guide provides selected examples of how to cite in Nature style. For complete details and in cases of
discrepancies, please consult the Nature journal website nature.com as the authoritative source for
citation information.

Please note that each scholarly journal editorial board as well as faculty set standards for referencing
expectations. Always consult them to determine which system to follow, and to settle any specific
referencing and formatting requirements.

Online only Article with Article Number


The following example has more than five authors:

Reference:

Reference number. Author’s Last Name, A. A. et al. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. Volume
number in bold, Article Number (Year of Publication).

67. Bartell, J.A. et al. Bacterial persisters in long-term infection: emergence and fitness in a complex host
environment. PLoS Pathog. 16, e1009112 (2020).

In-text:

…longer times are used in some of the studies13,67,68.

Web-only Article with a DOI


The following example has more than five authors:

Reference:

Reference number. Author’s Last Name, A. A. et. al. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. URL in full
or DOI if known (Year of Publication).
49. Fong, S. W. et al. Robust virus-specific adaptive immunity in COVID-19 patients with SARS-CoV-2
Δ382 variant infection. J Clin Immunol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-021-01142-z (2021)

In-text:

…to propagate inflammatory responses49.


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Print Article with Two to Five Authors
The following example has three authors:

Reference:

Reference number. Author’s Last Name, A. A., Author’s Last Name, A. A. & Author’s Last Name, A. A.
Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. Volume number in bold, Page numbers
(Year of Publication).
14. Zheng, E. J., Stokes, J. M. & Collins, J. J. Eradicating bacterial persisters with combinations of strongly
and weakly metabolism-dependent antibiotics. Cell Chem. Biol. 27, 1544–1552 (2020).

In-text:

…is consistent with earlier observations10-14 and…

Print Article with more than Five Authors


Reference:

Reference number. Author’s Last Name, A. A. et al. Title of article. Abbreviated Journal Title. Volume
number in bold, Page numbers (Year of Publication).
3. Dudgeon, D. et al. Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges.
Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 81, 163-182 (2006).

In-text:

…demonstrated threats exist3, and are further…

Chapter in an Edited Book


Reference:

Reference number. Chapter Author’s Last Name, A. A. in Title of Book (ed. Editors Last Name, A. A.) Page
numbers (Publisher, Year Published).

4. Goujet, D. F. in Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution: Palaeontology, Phylogeny, Genetics and
Development (ed. Ahlberg, P. E.) 209-222 (Taylor & Francis, 2001).

In-text:

…as examples have shown4.

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General Rules

• References are numbered in sequential order, as they appear in the text, with only one publication listed
for each number.
• All authors should be included in reference lists unless there are more than five, in which case only the
first author should be given, followed by ‘et al.’.
• Authors should be listed surname first, followed by a comma and initials of given names.
• Titles of articles cited in reference lists are not italicized; the first word of the title is capitalized and the
title is written exactly as it appears in the work cited.
• Journal titles are italicized and abbreviated according to common usage (Use Biomedical Journal
Abbreviations for journal title abbreviation). Volume numbers are bold.
• Book titles are italicized with all main words capitalized. The publisher and city of publication are
required for books cited.
• References to websites should give authors if known, title of cited page, URL in full, and year of posting
in parentheses.

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