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Cell style is used by Cell Press journals (Cell, Molecular Cell, Immunity, Neuron, etc.). It uses author-date in-text citations with a full reference list at the end.

List up to 10 authors in the reference list. For 11 or more, list the first 10 followed by "et al." In-text, use first author et al. for 3+ authors.

Reference supplementary data as (Figure S1) or (Table S1) in the text. These are part of the parent paper and not cited separately in the reference list.

Cell uses electronic article identifiers like ".e12" for supplementary article sections. Include the full identifier (e.g., "1234-1250.e12") in your reference.

Cell uses author-date (Smith et al., 2024) while Nature uses superscript numbers. Cell lists more authors before "et al." and uses different journal abbreviation conventions.

Yes. All Cell Press journals (Cell, Neuron, Immunity, Molecular Cell, Cell Reports, etc.) use the same citation format.

Preprints are cited like articles but with the repository name: Smith, J.D. (2024). Title. bioRxiv. Include the DOI and mark it as a preprint.

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