How to format your references using the Apollo Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Apollo Medicine. 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

Macilwain C. NSF puts big money into complex ecology. Nature. 2000;407(6806):823.

A journal article with 2 authors

Schultz PG, Lerner RA. Completing the circle. Nature. 2002;418(6897):485.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lineweaver CH, Fenner Y, Gibson BK. The galactic habitable zone and the age distribution of complex life in the Milky Way. Science. 2004;303(5654):59-62.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ma D, Zerangue N, Lin YF, et al. Role of ER export signals in controlling surface potassium channel numbers. Science. 2001;291(5502):316-319.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kindmann R, Kraus M. Steel Structures. Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG; 2012.

An edited book

Trede F, McEwen C, eds. Educating the Deliberate Professional: Preparing for Future Practices. Vol 17. Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Howie G. Dioramas as Constructs of Reality: Art, Photography, and the Discursive Space. In: Tunnicliffe SD, Scheersoi A, eds. Natural History Dioramas: History, Construction and Educational Role. Springer Netherlands; 2015:39-65.

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 Apollo Medicine.

Blog post

Andrew D. 10 Ways To Keep Your House Warm (And Save Money) This Winter. IFLScience. November 12, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/10-ways-to-keep-your-house-warm-and-save-money-this-winter/

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. Aviation Finance: Implementation of General Aviation Entitlement Grants. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Vega Aguirre JC. Study of Small Business Leadership as a Result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Doctoral dissertation. 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

Greenhouse L. Rights of Unions and Nonmembers Vie at Court. New York Times. January 11, 2007:A24.

In-text citations

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

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	Apollo Medicine
ISSN (print)	0976-0016
Scope