How to format your references using the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology. 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

From industrial toward ecological in China.

Pan J.

Science. 2012 ; 336(6087) : 1397.

PMID 22700916

A journal article with 2 authors

Cancer. DNA damage, deamidation, and death.

Li C, Thompson CB.

Science. 2002 ; 298(5597) : 1346–7.

PMID 12434041

A journal article with 3 authors

Hyperactive antifreeze protein in a fish.

Marshall CB, Fletcher GL, Davies PL.

Nature. 2004 ; 429(6988) : 153.

PMID 15141201

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Relationship between low free testosterone levels and loss of muscle mass.

Yuki A, Otsuka R, Kozakai R, Kitamura I, Okura T, Ando F, Shimokata H.

Sci Rep. 2013 ; 3 : 1818.

PMID 23660939

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

A Course in Statistics With R.

Tattar PN, Ramaiah S, Manjunath BG.

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016

An edited book

Neural Networks and Statistical Learning.

Du K-L.

London: Springer; 2014

A chapter in an edited book

Hip Pathology That Can Cause Groin Pain in Athletes: Diagnosis and Management.

Gwathmey FW, Byrd JWT.

In: Diduch DR, Brunt LM, editors. Sports Hernia and Athletic Pubalgia: Diagnosis and Treatment, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2014, p. 31–54

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 Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.

Blog post

Dinosaurs Took Part In Mass Exodus From Europe As Pangaea Fragmented.

Andrews R.

IFLScience. 2016.

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dinosaurs-took-part-mass-exodus-europe-pangaea-fragmented/ (accessed October 30, 2018)

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

Federal Transit Benefits Program: Ineffective Controls Result in Fraud and Abuse by Federal Workers.

Government Accountability Office.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

The Relationship between Worry Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and True Memory, False Memory, and Metamemory.

Harper NR.

The Relationship between Worry Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and True Memory, False Memory, and Metamemory. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University, 2017

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

Best Seat in House? It’s in the House.

Vecsey G.

New York Times. 2011 : SP7.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Pan, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Li and Thompson, 2002; Pan, 2012).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Li and Thompson, 2002)
Three or more authors: (Yuki et al., 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
Abbreviation	Atlas Genet. Cytogenet. Oncol. Haematol.
ISSN (online)	1768-3262
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