How to format your references using the Biologics in Therapy citation style

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

1. Friedman N. Inferring cellular networks using probabilistic graphical models. Science. 2004;303:799–805.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Smith MR, Caron J-B. Primitive soft-bodied cephalopods from the Cambrian. Nature. 2010;465:469–72.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ahrestani FS, Hebblewhite M, Post E. The importance of observation versus process error in analyses of global ungulate populations. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3125.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Derry LA, Kurtz AC, Ziegler K, Chadwick OA. Biological control of terrestrial silica cycling and export fluxes to watersheds. Nature. 2005;433:728–31.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Moloney MG. How to Solve Organic Reaction Mechanisms. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Mavron VC. Elements of Mathematics for Economics and Finance. Phillips TN, editor. London: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Morales Chacón LM, Báez Martin MM. Autism Spectrum Disorder. A Clinical Neurophysiology Approach I. In: Robinson-Agramonte M de LA, editor. Translational Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 65–83.

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 Biologics in Therapy.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Transit Of Venus Reveals Composition Of Its Atmosphere [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/transit-venus-reveals-composition-its-atmosphere/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Commercial Aviation: Status of Air Service to Small Communities and the Federal Programs Involved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Apr. Report No.: GAO-14-454T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Pease M. Progress towards the Synthesis of a Potent, Bioavailable and Selective Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase-1 Inactivator [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2014.

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

1. Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times. 2016 Sep 16;MM38.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Biologics in Therapy
Abbreviation	Biol. Ther.
ISSN (print)	2195-5840
ISSN (online)	2190-9164
Scope