Blog
Author name. Title of post [blog post]. Blog Title. Date of publication. URL
Anatomy of a citation
- Author name(s): Formatted as last name and initials (no periods) and separated by commas. Do not use & or "and" before the last author. For articles with more than 5 authors, list the first author followed by “et al.”
- If not author is listed, cite under the title of the article
- Title of post: Use sentence case.
- Content designator: Use only if nature of the work is not evident from either the post or blog title.
- Title of blog: Use title case.
- Date: Formatted as year month (abbreviated) and day. If no date of publication is available, provide an access date.
- URL: Try to use a permalink or stable URL when possible.
Example
Williams S. Behind the paper: Neuronal activity can drive cerebrospinal fluid flow in the human brain [blog post]. PLOS Biologue. 2023 Nov 22. https://biologue.plos.org/2023/11/22/behind-the-paper-neuronal-activity-can-drive-cerebrospinal-fluid-flow-in-the-human-brain/