CBE--Journal Articles

Section 10.7.4.5

Journal Articles

The CBE format for journals has three elements: (1) author; (2)title; and (3) journal information, consisting of the journal title and the year and month ofpublication, ending with a semicolon; the volume number (or issuenumber in parentheses), a colon,followed by the inclusive page numbers. Journal titles longer than one word are abbreviated according to the standard form used in most biological andmedical journals: articles, conjunctions, and prepositions aredropped unless they are part of a name or a scientific or technical term; at least the last two lettersof all remaining words are dropped (for example "Microbiology" is abbreviated "Microbiol" and"Journal" is abbreviated "J"). The first letter of each word in a journal title is capitalized.

Article in a Journal Paginated by Annual Volume

The month and issue numbers are omitted for journals that are paginated by volume.

1. Nelson KA, Miller RJD, Lutz DR, Fayer MD. Optical generation of tunable ultrasonic

waves. J Appl Phys 1982;53:1144-9.

Article in a Journal Paginated by Issue

1. Allemang J. Social studies in gibberish.

Quart Rev Doublespk 1993;20(1):9-10.

Article in a Popular Monthly or Bimonthly Periodical

Use the month and year of publication instead of the volume number.

1. Fallows J. Networking technology. Atlan

Month 1994 Jul:34-6.

Article in a Daily, Weekly, or Biweekly Magazine or Newspaper

Include the year, month, and day.

1. Metcalfe B. The numbers show how slowly the Internet runs today. Infoworld 1996 Sep

30:34.

Paper Published in Conference Proceedings

Treat a presentation in conference proceedings like an article in an edited book.

1.  Paez-Borrallo JM, Perez-Alavarez IA, Bello    SZ.  Adaptive filtering in data
    communications with self improved error
    reference.  IEEE International Conference
    on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing;
    1994 Apr 7-9; Adelaide; Australia.

Adelaide: IEEE; 1994: p 65-8.

Unpublished Dissertation

An unpublished dissertation has five elements: (1) author; (2) title, followed bydissertation (or MSci thesis, etc.) in brackets; (3) publication information;consisting of the location of the institution granting the degree (with the state abbreviation orcountry name in parentheses), a colon, a space, the name of the institution, and the year of thedegree; (4) total number of pages; and (5) availability information.

1.  Glazer FG. Hierarchical motion detection    [dissertation].  Amherst (MA): University
    of Massachusetts; 1987.  113 p.  Available
    from: University Microfilms, Ann Arbor,

MI; AAD87-41.

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