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

Sex differences: Luck of the chromosomes.

Humphries C.

Nature. 2014 ; 516(7529) : S10-1.

PMID 25470193

A journal article with 2 authors

RNA Function. RNA and dynamic nuclear organization.

Rinn J, Guttman M.

Science. 2014 ; 345(6202) : 1240–1.

PMID 25214588

A journal article with 3 authors

Ecology. To fence or not to fence.

Woodroffe R, Hedges S, Durant SM.

Science. 2014 ; 344(6179) : 46–8.

PMID 24700847

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Dopamine controls persistence of long-term memory storage.

Rossato JI, Bevilaqua LRM, Izquierdo I, Medina JH, Cammarota M.

Science. 2009 ; 325(5943) : 1017–20.

PMID 19696353

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Software VNA and Microwave Network Design and Characterisation.

Wu Z.

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2007

An edited book

Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology.

Bhushan B, editor.

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010

A chapter in an edited book

Proposal of a Method for Promotion of Pro Environmental Behavior with Loose Social Network.

Aoyagi S, Okamura T, Ishii H, Shimoda H.

In: Yao T, editor. Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2010: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Global COE Program “Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming—Toward CO2 Zero-emission Energy System,” Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2011, p. 43–8

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

Hangover-Free Alcohol Could Replace Normal Booze By 2050.

Taub B.

IFLScience. 2016.

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hangoverfree-alcohol-could-replace-normal-booze-by-2050/ (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

ADP Budget: Potential Reductions to the Department of the Army’s Budget Request.

Government Accountability Office.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

The role of mnemonic acronyms in clinical emergency medicine: A grounded theory study.

Bortle CD.

The role of mnemonic acronyms in clinical emergency medicine: A grounded theory study. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix, 2010

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

From Town’s First Female Officer to County’s First Female Police Chief.

Kelly C.

New York Times. 2007 : WE5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Humphries, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Humphries, 2014; Rinn and Guttman, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Rinn and Guttman, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Rossato et al., 2009)

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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