How to format your references using the Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 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

Aiken C. HIV: Antiviral action countered by Nef. Nature. 2015;526(7572):202-203.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rossky PJ, Walker GC. Retrospective. Paul F. Barbara (1953-2010). Science. 2010;330(6008):1191.

A journal article with 3 authors

Williams MA, Tyznik AJ, Bevan MJ. Interleukin-2 signals during priming are required for secondary expansion of CD8+ memory T cells. Nature. 2006;441(7095):890-893.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Resta A, Leoni T, Barth C, et al. Atomic structures of silicene layers grown on Ag(111): scanning tunneling microscopy and noncontact atomic force microscopy observations. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2399.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fuller S. RapidIO®: The Embedded System Interconnect. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

Guia MJ, Koulish R, Mitsilegas V, eds. Immigration Detention, Risk and Human Rights: Studies on Immigration and Crime. 1st ed. 2016. Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Fogel E, Halperin D, Wein R. Arrangements of Unbounded Curves. In: Halperin D, Wein R, eds. CGAL Arrangements and Their Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide. Geometry and Computing. Springer; 2012:67-81.

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 Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Astronomers Discover A Middleweight Black Hole For The First Time. IFLScience. February 8, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-discover-a-middleweight-black-hole-for-the-first-time/

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. Space Acquisitions: DOD Needs Additional Knowledge as It Embarks on a New Approach for Transformational Satellite Communications System. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Reynolds PR. Midkine (MK) Regulates Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling During Hypoxia. Doctoral dissertation. University of Cincinnati; 2004.

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

Wagner J. Victory for Wheeler, Even in a Loss. New York Times. April 8, 2017:D4.

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	Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Abbreviation	Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.
ISSN (print)	1083-8791
Scope	Hematology Transplantation