Biotechnology Research Guide

To create your CSE/CBE bibliography use the following guidelines:

• The Reference page should be a separate page attached to the end of your paper.
• The title - References or Cited References. should be centered at the top of the page.
• The margins should be set at 1 inch.
• The reference list is organized alphabetically by author’s last name.
• When there is more than one work by an author, those works are organized chronologically.
• The citations should be double spaced
• Citations use a hanging indent. The first line is set to the left and all following lines are indented one-half inch. 

• Authors’ first names are rendered as capitals after their surnames.
  • Otegui MS, Kiessling LL, Batzli J.

• The reference list is organized alphabetically by author’s last name. When there is more than one work by an author, those works are organized chronologically.
  • Allen C, Bent A, Charkowski AO. 2009.
  • Bennett AB, Gratton C. 2012.
  • Bennett AB, Gratton C. 2013.
  • Gratton C, Vander Zanden MJ. 2009

• Only the first word of a book or article title should be capitalized.
  • The fat-soluble vitamins: handbook of lipid research 2.

• Titles are not italicized. However, species names are italicized.

  • In vitro and in vivo reconstitution of the cadherin-catenin-actin complex from Caenorhabditis elegans.

• To save space, journal titles are abbreviated according to the ISO 4 standard, shortening significant words and omitting insignificant words. Read more and search the List of Title Word Abbreviations at ISSN.org.
  • Livestock Prod Sci.
  • Biochem Mol Biol Educ.
  • J Dairy Sci.

• Year of publication and volume number are required for all references to articles. Issue number is strongly recommended. To save space, use no spaces to separate an article’s date, volume, and page.
  • Annu Rev Phytopathol. 50:425-49.
  • Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 24(7):773-86.