Convert your reference list to GB/T 7714 author-year style
The Chinese national standard defines two parallel systems. If your institution or journal wants parenthetical author-year citations rather than bracketed numbers, this is the one.
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What this style looks like
- In-text citation
- ……蛋白质折叠预测(Smith, Lee, 2023)。
- Reference list entry
- SMITH J, LEE A. Deep learning for protein folding[J]. Nature Methods, 2023, 20(3): 245-258.
Confirm which system applies - the differences go beyond notation
GB/T 7714-2015 defines two systems, and your journal or institution specifies which. The numbered system marks citations with bracketed numbers and orders the list by first citation. The author-year system uses parenthetical author and year, and orders the list differently.
The ordering rule is the one most often missed. The author-year system requires Chinese-language sources first and foreign-language sources after, with Chinese entries ordered by pinyin and foreign entries alphabetically. This group-by-language-then-sort rule is specific to the Chinese standard - APA and Harvard have no equivalent.
The author-year reference list carries no sequence numbers, because in-text location works through author and year rather than numbering. People switching over from the numbered system often keep the numbers, which is incorrect.
Document-type codes are required in both systems - and are, as always, the element most often missing from international database exports.
FAQ
Which system should I use?
Follow your institution’s template or the journal’s author guidelines. Most Chinese theses use the numbered system; some social-science journals use author-year. Ask your supervisor if unsure - it determines the citation system for the whole document.
Is the language grouping and sorting handled automatically?
Yes, per the standard. Spot-check against your institution’s template afterwards, as some specify their own ordering details.
Will it change my body text?
No. The body is frozen throughout; only in-text citations and the reference list are processed. That is also why it costs far less than humanizing - 5 credits per 1,000 words.
Does your humanize feature support Chinese-language theses?
Not yet. Citation format correction is language-agnostic, so Chinese references are handled here; humanize currently targets English only. They are separate tools.
What does it cost for one paper?
5 credits per 1,000 words - the cheapest of our four tools, because only the citations are processed. An 8,000-word paper runs about 40 credits (under $0.50). New accounts get 100 free credits.