How to format your references using the Biological Rhythm Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biological Rhythm Research. 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

Triendl R. 2002. Attractive forces in Asia. Nature. 418(6898):4–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hezel DC, Russell SS. 2008. Comment on “ancient asteroids enriched in refractory inclusions.” Science. 322(5904):1050; author reply 1050.

A journal article with 3 authors

Li Z, Marsiglio F, Carbotte JP. 2013. Vanishing of interband light absorption in a persistent spin helix state. Sci Rep. 3:2828.

A journal article with 12 or more authors

Milly PCD, Wetherald RT, Dunne KA, Delworth TL. 2002. Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate. Nature. 415(6871):514–517.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fabozzi FJ. 2009. Institutional Investment Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Mathis K, Tor A, editors. 2016. Nudging - Possibilities, Limitations and Applications in European Law and Economics. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Kasurinen J, Laine R, Smolander K. 2013. How Applicable Is ISO/IEC 29110 in Game Software Development? In: Heidrich J, Oivo M, Jedlitschka A, Baldassarre MT, editors. Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 14th International Conference, PROFES 2013, Paphos, Cyprus, June 12-14, 2013 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; p. 5–19.

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 Biological Rhythm Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. 2016. How To Run A Marathon (Hint: It’s All In The Mind). IFLScience [Internet]. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/how-run-marathon-hint-it-s-all-mind/

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. 2007. Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gamez Grijalva VM. 2009. Biological and physical-chemical methods for treatment of semiconductor manufacturing effluents [Doctoral dissertation]. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona.

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. 2005. World Briefing | Europe: Azerbaijan: Opposition Urges Protests Over Killing. New York Times.:A8.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Triendl 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Triendl 2002; Hezel and Russell 2008).

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

Two authors: (Hezel and Russell 2008)
Three or more authors: (Milly et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Biological Rhythm Research
Abbreviation	Biol. Rhythm Res.
ISSN (print)	0929-1016
ISSN (online)	1744-4179
Scope	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Physiology Physiology (medical)