How to format your references using the Annual Review of Biochemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annual Review of 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	Download the output style file
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

Connelly JN. 2010. Geochemistry. Adjusting the solar system’s absolute clock. Science. 327(5964):422–23

A journal article with 2 authors

Meehl GA, Tebaldi C. 2004. More intense, more frequent, and longer lasting heat waves in the 21st century. Science. 305(5686):994–97

A journal article with 3 authors

Caro E, Castellano MM, Gutierrez C. 2007. A chromatin link that couples cell division to root epidermis patterning in Arabidopsis. Nature. 447(7141):213–17

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cufí S, Vazquez-Martin A, Oliveras-Ferraros C, Corominas-Faja B, Cuyàs E, et al. 2013. The anti-malarial chloroquine overcomes primary resistance and restores sensitivity to trastuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer. Sci. Rep. 3:2469

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lalanne C. 2014. Specification Development. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

An edited book

Aoyagi Y, Kajikawa K, eds. 2013. Optical Properties of Advanced Materials, Vol. 168. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. XI, 191 p p.

A chapter in an edited book

Leary R, Thomas J. 2011. How Complexity Theory is Changing the Role of Analysis in Law Enforcement and National Security. In Intelligence Management: Knowledge Driven Frameworks for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, ed B Akhgar, S Yates, pp. 61–78. London: Springer

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 Annual Review of Biochemistry.

Blog post

Andrews R. 2017. Former BP Lawyer Will Be The Justice Department’s Top Environmental Attorney. IFLScience. www.iflscience.com

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. 2009. Public Transportation: FTA’s Triennial Review Program Has Improved, But Assessments of Grantees’ Performance Could Be Enhanced. GAO-09-603, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gikiri MM. 2012. Effects of attitude, norms, and perceived behavior control on intentions to become a teen father. Doctoral dissertation thesis. Capella University

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

(nyt) SK. 2002. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Another Catholic Priest Barred. New York Times, Sep. 12, p. A6

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	Annual Review of Biochemistry
Abbreviation	Annu. Rev. Biochem.
ISSN (print)	0066-4154
ISSN (online)	1545-4509
Scope	Biochemistry

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