How to format your references using the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Gutchess A. Plasticity of the aging brain: new directions in cognitive neuroscience. Science. 2014 Oct 31;346(6209):579–82.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lin Y, Zhang Z. Controlling the efficiency of trapping in a scale-free small-world network. Sci Rep. 2014 Sep 9;4:6274.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bruner SD, Norman DP, Verdine GL. Structural basis for recognition and repair of the endogenous mutagen 8-oxoguanine in DNA. Nature. 2000 Feb 24;403(6772):859–66.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Schoenberg R, Kamber BS, Collerson KD, Moorbath S. Tungsten isotope evidence from approximately 3.8-Gyr metamorphosed sediments for early meteorite bombardment of the Earth. Nature. 2002 Jul 25;418(6896):403–5.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Mathian H, Sanders L. Spatio-Temporal Approaches. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Flüchter A, Richter S, editors. Structures on the Move: Technologies of Governance in Transcultural Encounter. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. VIII, 285 p. 9 illus., 5 illus. in color. (Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context).

A chapter in an edited book

Ma Y, Ding W. Design and Implementation of Parent Fish Breeding Management System Based on RFID Technology. In: Li D, Chen Y, editors. Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture VI: 6th IFIP WG 514 International Conference, CCTA 2012, Zhangjiajie, China, October 19-21, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 27–34. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Annals of Clinical Biochemistry.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Harrowing Drone Footage Shows Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/harrowing-drone-footage-shows-chernobyl-exclusion-zone/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. Internal Controls Over the Automatic Data Processing System Used by the Travelers Insurance Company in Making Medicare Payments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1969 Mar. Report No.: 092722.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Jenkins AK. Satisfaction and organizational commitment of civilian engineers and scientists in United States naval acquisition [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2008.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Johnson G. Unearthing Prehistoric Tumors, and Debate. New York Times. 2010 Dec 28;D1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (1).
This sentence cites two references (1,2).
This sentence cites four references (1–4).

About the journal

Full journal title	Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
Abbreviation	Ann. Clin. Biochem.
ISSN (print)	0004-5632
ISSN (online)	1758-1001
Scope	Clinical Biochemistry General Medicine