How to format your references using the Biomacromolecules citation style

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

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Glaser, G. Policy: Base Sustainable Development Goals on Science. Nature 2012, 491 (7422), 35.

A journal article with 2 authors

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Rakow, N. A.; Suslick, K. S. A Colorimetric Sensor Array for Odour Visualization. Nature 2000, 406 (6797), 710–713.

A journal article with 3 authors

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Takahashi, F.; Matsushima, M.; Honkura, Y. Simulations of a Quasi-Taylor State Geomagnetic Field Including Polarity Reversals on the Earth Simulator. Science 2005, 309 (5733), 459–461.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Chai, G.; Dong, G.; Qiu, J.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, Z. Phase Transformation and Intense 2.7 Μm Emission from Er3+ Doped YF3/YOF Submicron-Crystals. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1598.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

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Hetherington, S. How to Know; Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, UK, 2011.

An edited book

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Diagana, T. Non-Archimedean Operator Theory; Ramaroson, F., Ed.; SpringerBriefs in Mathematics; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

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Tonsberg, T. A.; Henderson, J. S. Praxeology and Leadership. In Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems: A Praxeological Perspective; Henderson, J. S., Ed.; Understanding Complex Systems; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016; pp 13–14.

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 Biomacromolecules.

Blog post

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Andrew, E. Mass Grave Reveals Organised Violence Among Europe’s First Farmers. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mass-grave-reveals-organised-violence-among-europe-s-first-farmers/ (accessed 2018-10-30).

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

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Government Accountability Office. Hispanic Employment: Best Practices Used by Selected Agencies and Companies; GGD-97-46R; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Al khuwaildi, H. A. Green Techniques in the Healthcare System. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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

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Leland, J. Immersed in Scores, Concerts and Classes. New York Times. December 9, 2016, p MB2.

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	Biomacromolecules
Abbreviation	Biomacromolecules
ISSN (print)	1525-7797
ISSN (online)	1526-4602
Scope	Bioengineering Biomaterials Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics