Author: If the author is unknown, start with the blog title.
Access dates: Access dates are not necessary for all online content citations. However, they can be helpful for content that changes or is updated. Add the access date at the end of the citation within parentheses in the following format: (accessed YYYY-MM-DD).
See Section 4.3.5.4 Online Sources & Websites of the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication for further details and examples.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
1. Author(s). Blog Title. URL
1. Elephant in the Lab. https://www.elephantinthelab.org
2. Day, K. The Chronicle Flask. https://chronicleflask.com/
1. Author(s). Blogpost Title. Blog Title. Organisation (if any), Date. DOI or URL (accessed: YYYY-MM-DD)
1. Koth, S. There is a Model for That: Science and Public AI Infrastructures. Elephant in the Lab, February 26, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14930893
Put a superscript number in your text to show when you are using another person's ideas or words. This number directs the reader to the reference list, containing information about the work you are citing.
... has been recently identified.1
If you are making a direct quotation, use quotation marks.
Dalas and Koutsoukos observed that "the presence of the magnetic field did not result in preferential growth of a certain crystal face."2
If the same source is referred to more than once within your text, repeat the number. If you are expressing ideas that have originated from more than one source, separate the numbers with commas, or use a hyphen if referring to several endnotes. A number following the full stop/period applies to the whole sentence.
... in alkyl sulphates such as sodium lauryl sulphate3,5-7 and diethyl sulphate6. Chew and Maibach3 also noted that the compounds showing promise were those in the C12 - C14 range.