Finding Citation Styles

Citavi offers many citation styles for the author guidelines of journals, publishing houses, and academic ogranizations.

You can find out how to switch to a new style in the chapter Changing Citation Styles. In the chapter About Citation Styles you can find out how to request a new citation style.

Citation methods

Citation styles vary by the method they employ:

Examples

Citation methods	!!!	Name
In-text citation: Author Year	Creating In-Text Citation Styles	APA
In-text citation: Superscript numbers In the order cited	Ergomed	American Medical Association
In-text citation: Superscript numbers Bibliography sorted alphabetically	-	CSE Council of Science Editors
In-text citation: Number in parentheses In the order cited	DIN ISO 690	Vancouver
In-text citation: Number in parentheses Bibliography sorted alphabetically	Veterinary Practice	Renal Physiology
In-text citation: Number in brackets In the order cited	Forum	Springer Basic Number
In-text citation: Number in brackets Bibliography sorted alphabetically	Blood alcohol	Springer Soc Psych Number
In-text citation: Citation key	LNI, Citation pages (de)	LNI (en)
Footnotes: Author Year	Ebster, Stalzer (Notes)	BABESCH
Footnotes: Full citation	Bibliographic working methods	Chicago Manual of Style (Notes)
Footnotes: Citation key	Brink	Oxford (Author-Title)

Hint

This PDF file lists some of the most commonly used citation styles with examples.

Finding Citation Styles

Sometimes you will want to find a citation style based on its characteristics. For example, author names should appear with bold formatting in the bibliography and names of periodicals should appear in italics. The Citation Style Finder helps you select a style close to your requirements from the many styles available. You can then use the style you find directly or make a few small changes to it so that the style reflects your guidelines.

On the Citation menu, click Citation style > Browse citation styles.
Click Find and add style.
Click Advanced search.
Choose the style by selecting various Criteria. As you select more answers the number of styles displayed decreases.

Example:

Let's say you're looking for a citation style that inserts reference numbers in the text and formats journal articles as follows:

Doe J, Miller PR, Smith A. A question of style. Journ of Acad Writing. 2008; 1: 88–92.

The options you would choose to find a style like this are marked with asterisks: *:

Style language?
English* | German | French etc.
Where should the full source information appear?
Any | In-text citations and bibliography* | Footnotes and bibliography | Footnotes only
What format do in-text citations or footnotes have?
Any* | Author date, e.g. (Smith 2008) | Reference numbers, e.g. [14] | Reference numbers, e.g. [14]
How are reference numbers assigned?
Any* | In the order cited | In the order of the bibliography
In what order do last and first names appear in bibliography entries?
Any | Last name only | Last name first name* | First name last name
What punctuation is used to separate author names?
Any | Comma* | Semicolon | Slash | Other
How are last names formatted?
Any | No formatting | Bold* | Italics | Small caps
How do first names appear?
Any | Full: Jane Marie | Abbreviated: J. M. | Abbreviated, no periods: J M | Abbreviated, compact: J.M. | Abbreviated, compact, no periods: JM*
How are book titles formatted?
Any* | Plain | Plain and in quotation marks | Italicized | Italicized and in quotation marks
Should the publisher be listed?
Any* | Yes | No
Should editions be given?
Any* | Yes | Yes, in superscript in front of the year of publication
How are journal article titles formatted in bibliography entries?
Any | Plain* | Plain and in quotation marks | Italicized | Italicized and in quotation marks
How are periodical names formatted in bibliography entries?
Any | Full name | Full name, italicized | Abbreviated name | Abbreviated name, italicized*

Another example can be found in this video.