How to format your references using the Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology citation style

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

Jox R (2003) Europe chips in for training. Nature 425:326

A journal article with 2 authors

Zhou BB, Elledge SJ (2000) The DNA damage response: putting checkpoints in perspective. Nature 408:433–439

A journal article with 3 authors

Cossart R, Aronov D, Yuste R (2003) Attractor dynamics of network UP states in the neocortex. Nature 423:283–288

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Zhao C, Lin Z, Yin H, et al (2014) PEG molecular net-cloth grafted on polymeric substrates and its bio-merits. Sci Rep 4:4982

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety (2000) Guidelines for Process Safety in Outsourced Manufacturing Operations. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Iglesias J, Fuentes L, Villanueva R (eds) (2014) Cephalopod Culture. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

A chapter in an edited book

Andersson D, Gurvich V, Hansen TD (2009) On Acyclicity of Games with Cycles. In: Goldberg AV, Zhou Y (eds) Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management: 5th International Conference, AAIM 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 15-17, 2009. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 15–28

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 Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Diet Drinks Linked To Expanding Waistlines In Older Adults. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/diet-drinks-linked-expanding-waistlines-older-adults/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

Government Accountability Office (1998) Information Security: Serious Weaknesses Put State Department and FAA Operations at Risk. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hurwitz BL (2012) Viral community dynamics and functional specialization in the Pacific Ocean. Doctoral dissertation, 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

Crow K (2001) Patch of Sunlight May Be Elusive as School Expands. New York Times 148

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Jox 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Zhou and Elledge 2000; Jox 2003).

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

Two authors: (Zhou and Elledge 2000)
Three or more authors: (Zhao et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
Abbreviation	Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol.
ISSN (print)	1617-7959
ISSN (online)	1617-7940
Scope	Biotechnology Mechanical Engineering Modelling and Simulation