CSE Citation Generator

Create accurate Council of Science Editors citations in seconds. Paste a DOI, PMID, ISBN, or URL — NeatCite formats the reference and in-text citation for you, free and without sign-up.

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What is CSE citation style?

Council of Science Editors is a numbered (citation-sequence) citation style. CSE citation-sequence numbered references. Biology and the natural sciences.

How to cite in CSE with NeatCite

  1. 1Choose CSE from the style menu above (it's already selected on this page).
  2. 2Paste a DOI, PubMed ID, ISBN, or web address — or switch to manual entry for anything without an identifier.
  3. 3Copy your formatted CSE reference and in-text citation, or export the whole list to Word, BibTeX, or RIS.

Why students trust NeatCite for CSE

  • Built on the open CSL / citeproc engine — the same CSE rules Zotero and Mendeley use.
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