An 8th edition of Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers is available as an online subscription.
Note that sample references can be found in Chapter 29, under Part 4: Technical Elements of Publishing.
The Council of Science Editor's (CSE) style is used for citing references in the physical and life sciences.
The CSE style has two systems of citation, the Citation-Sequence system and the Name-Year system. This guide will focus on the Name-Year system.
Your CSE citations will include in text citations, as well as a Reference List at the end of your paper.
CSE was formerly called CBE style.
The purpose of documentation is to:
This guide is based on Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, editors, and Publishers, 7th Ed.
Here are three different ways you can present information you have found in your research to consciously avoid plagiarizing.
1. Direct quote
When you use or copy the exact words or section of words from an author, you can surround that direct quote by quotation marks. Include the correct citation acknowledging the original author in your sentence.
2. Summary
Write a summary using your own words of the ideas or the text you want to use. Be original without using the words of the original work and be sure you cite that statement.
3. Paraphrase
Paraphrasing is similar to a summary. It just means taking what you have read and rewriting it in your own words. You must cite that paraphrase.
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