How to Cite a Blog Post

Blog posts are cited like articles, with the blog in place of the journal. Examples for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, Nature, ASA, APSA, OSCOLA, the Bluebook and AGLC4 are below, each produced by the generator itself.

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APA 7th edition

References entry

Karpathy, A. (2015, May 21). The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks. Andrej Karpathy Blog. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/

In-text citation

(Karpathy, 2015)
MLA 9th edition

Works Cited entry

Karpathy, Andrej. “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.” Andrej Karpathy Blog, 21 May 2015, https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

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(Karpathy)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

Bibliography entry

Karpathy, Andrej. “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.” Andrej Karpathy Blog, May 21, 2015. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

Footnote

Andrej Karpathy, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks,” Andrej Karpathy Blog, May 21, 2015, https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

Later footnotes

Karpathy, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.”
Chicago 18th edition (author-date)

References entry

Karpathy, Andrej. 2015. “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.” Andrej Karpathy Blog, May 21. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

In-text citation

(Karpathy 2015)
Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Reference list entry

Karpathy, A. (2015) ‘The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks’, Andrej Karpathy blog, 21 May. Available at: https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

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(Karpathy, 2015)
IEEE

References entry

[1] A. Karpathy, “The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks,” Andrej Karpathy blog. [Online]. Available: https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/

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[1]
Vancouver (NLM)

References entry

1. Karpathy A. The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks. Andrej Karpathy blog [Internet]. 2015 May 21. Available from: https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/

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(1)
AMA 11th edition

References entry

1. Karpathy A. The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks. Andrej Karpathy blog. May 21, 2015. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/

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1
ACS

References entry

(1) Karpathy, A. The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks. Andrej Karpathy blog. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/

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1
Nature

References entry

1. Karpathy, A. The unreasonable effectiveness of recurrent neural networks. Andrej Karpathy blog https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/ (2015).

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1
ASA 7th edition

References entry

Karpathy, Andrej. 2015. “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.” https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

In-text citation

(Karpathy 2015)
APSA

Reference List entry

Karpathy, Andrej. 2015. “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks.” Andrej Karpathy blog. https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

In-text citation

(Karpathy 2015)
OSCOLA

Bibliography entry

Karpathy A, ‘The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks’ (Andrej Karpathy blog, 21 May 2015) <https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/>

Footnote

Andrej Karpathy, ‘The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks’ (Andrej Karpathy blog, 21 May 2015) <https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/>.

Later footnotes

Karpathy (n 1).
Bluebook

Bibliography entry

Andrej Karpathy, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks, Andrej Karpathy blog (May 21, 2015), https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

Footnote

Andrej Karpathy, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks, Andrej Karpathy blog (May 21, 2015), https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/.

Later footnotes

Karpathy, supra note 1.
AGLC4

Bibliography entry

Karpathy, Andrej, ‘The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks’, Andrej Karpathy Blog (Blog Post, 21 May 2015) <https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/>

Footnote

Andrej Karpathy, ‘The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks’, Andrej Karpathy Blog (Blog Post, 21 May 2015) <https://karpathy.github.io/2015/05/21/rnn-effectiveness/>.

Later footnotes

Karpathy (n 1).

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