What is the research citation style used for most basic science/biomedical research papers?

[runningpenguin]

What is the research citation style used for most basic science/biomedical research papers?

For example, what sort of citation style is this:

Stanford LR, Friedlander MJ, Sherman SM (1983) Morphological and physiological properties of geniculate W-cells of the cat: a comparison with X- and Y- cells. J Neurophysiol 50:582–608

Wang Q, Burkhalter A (2007) Area map of mouse visual cortex. J Comp Neurol 502:339–357


Also, I've double-posted in both the Research forum and Pre-medical forum. Please remove the one in the Research forum if necessary. I'm a pre-medical student too, so this forum is probably more appropriate. Thanks!

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[chappikachu]

The American Medical Association style is the citation style I’ve been using when publishing in journals, though each journal seems to have their own slight nuances. Purdue OWL: AMA Style

Your citation style above looks kind of more like the one I was taught to use in bio lab for undergrad based on the Pechenik biology manual. Not sure if it has a formal name... I will let others chime in.


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[Mr.Monster]

What is the research citation style used for most basic science/biomedical research papers?

For example, what sort of citation style is this:

Stanford LR, Friedlander MJ, Sherman SM (1983) Morphological and physiological properties of geniculate W-cells of the cat: a comparison with X- and Y- cells. J Neurophysiol 50:582–608

Wang Q, Burkhalter A (2007) Area map of mouse visual cortex. J Comp Neurol 502:339–357


Also, I've double-posted in both the Research forum and Pre-medical forum. Please remove the one in the Research forum if necessary. I'm a pre-medical student too, so this forum is probably more appropriate. Thanks!

It is all variable. Some journals, such as JAMA, want reference pages and citations done according to AMA guidelines. Others want APA. Journals have submission guidelines for authors that must be abided by. It is in these guidelines where a journal will state the citation style (AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) that they want authors to use. I have always used APA, as this was the requirement of the journals where I have submitted articles and where I am published. However, I do think that AMA is a lot cleaner of a reference style. Therefore my recommendation, if you are writing a paper right now, is to use the citation style you are most comfortable with using and when you finish your piece and select a journal, go through your document and make all necessary changes according to their submission guidelines.

 

[Lucca]

Depends on the journal. Look at citation style before submitting

 

[runningpenguin]

Depends on the journal. Look at citation style before submitting

It is all variable. Some journals, such as JAMA, want reference pages and citations done according to AMA guidelines. Others want APA. Journals have submission guidelines for authors that must be abided by. It is in these guidelines where a journal will state the citation style (AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) that they want authors to use. I have always used APA, as this was the requirement of the journals where I have submitted articles and where I am published. However, I do think that AMA is a lot cleaner of a reference style. Therefore my recommendation, if you are writing a paper right now, is to use the citation style you are most comfortable with using and when you finish your piece and select a journal, go through your document and make all necessary changes according to their submission guidelines.

It's just for a class paper.

 

[Biological]

It's just for a class paper.

Then ask your professor what citation style they would prefer.