How to format your references using the Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 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

Bogg J. 2007. Dr. Jekyll and Ms Hide. Nature. 447(7140):114

A journal article with 2 authors

Kai T, Spradling A. 2004. Differentiating germ cells can revert into functional stem cells in Drosophila melanogaster ovaries. Nature. 428(6982):564–69

A journal article with 3 authors

Li J, Sato T, Kageyama A. 2002. Repeated and sudden reversals of the dipole field generated by a spherical dynamo action. Science. 295(5561):1887–90

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Brooks BA, Foster J, Sandwell D, Wolfe CJ, Okubo P, et al. 2008. Magmatically triggered slow slip at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Science. 321(5893):1177

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Katsilambros N, Diakoumopoulou E, Ioannidis I, Liatis S, Makrilakis K, et al. 2006. Diabetes in Clinical Practice. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

An edited book

Wang A. 2006. Sub-threshold Design for Ultra Low-Power Systems. Boston, MA: Springer US. XII, 209 p p.

A chapter in an edited book

Suijkerbuijk KPM, van der Wall E, van Diest PJ. 2016. Hormone Receptors in Breast Cancer. In Molecular Pathology of Breast Cancer, ed S Badve, Y Gökmen-Polar, pp. 45–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing

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 Genomics and Human Genetics.

Blog post

Fang J. 2014. Why Do Dogs Like To Smell Butts So Much? IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-do-dogs-smell-butts-so-much/

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. 1997. Multiple Launch Rocket System: Range Less Than Needed and Sustained Rocket Production Not Ensured. NSIAD-97-196R, 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

Zepeda S. 2012. Housing First assertive community treatment program for adults with schizophrenia and co-occurring substance abuse: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation thesis. California State University, Long Beach

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

Mueller B, Baker AL. 2016. Commissioner Vows Tighter Bond With the Public. New York Times, Oct. 12, p. A20

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (2).
This sentence cites two references (2, 4).
This sentence cites four references (2, 5, 7, 8).

About the journal

Full journal title	Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
Abbreviation	Annu. Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet.
ISSN (print)	1527-8204
ISSN (online)	1545-293X
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology Genetics(clinical)