How to cite a paper in Nature Communications
Open-access multidisciplinary journal from Nature Portfolio.
Quick answer
Nature Communications uses the Nature citation style. Format every reference in your bibliography accordingly, and include DOIs for every source that has one.
Journal details
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Field
- Multidisciplinary sciences
- Citation style
- Nature
Example reference
Sweller, J. Cognitive load during problem solving: A reinterpretation. Cognitive Science **12**, 257-285 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog1202_4
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