How to format your references using the Biomedical Reviews citation style

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

Penner AM. Social Science. Gender inequality in science. Science. 2015 Jan 16;347(6219):234–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hu X, Zhou Q. Novel hydrated graphene ribbon unexpectedly promotes aged seed germination and root differentiation. Sci Rep. 2014 Jan 21;4:3782.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bai J, Virovets AV, Scheer M. Synthesis of inorganic fullerene-like molecules. Science. 2003 May 2;300(5620):781–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Schön JH, Dorget M, Beuran FC, Xu XZ, Arushanov E, Laguës M, et al. Field-induced superconductivity in a spin-ladder cuprate. Science. 2001 Sep 28;293(5539):2430–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Horstmeyer SL. The Weather Almanac. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Benatallah B, Casati F, Kappel G, Rossi G, editors. Web Engineering: 10th International Conference, ICWE 2010, Vienna Austria, July 5-9, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. 528 p. 231 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6189).

A chapter in an edited book

Nyporko AY. DNA Dependent DNA Polymerases as Targets for Low-Weight Molecular Inhibitors: State of Art and Prospects of Rational Design. In: Gorb L, Kuz’min V, Muratov E, editors. Application of Computational Techniques in Pharmacy and Medicine. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 95–135.

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 Biomedical Reviews.

Blog post

Hamilton K. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Awesome Time-Lapse Of Hyenas Devouring A Buffalo Carcass. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/time-lapse-hyenas-eating-buffalo-carcass/

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. Curriculum Case Studies Are of Questionable Quality but Helped Precollege Curriculum Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977 May. Report No.: HRD-77-46.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Chaisson C. An Investigation of Lower Wilcox Group Coals in Portions of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, Lasalle, and Rapides Parishes, Louisiana [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 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

Wagner J. Leg Injury May End Season for Cespedes. New York Times. 2017 Aug 26;D5.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Biomedical Reviews
ISSN (print)	1310-392X
ISSN (online)	1314-1929
Scope	General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine