How to format your references using the BMC Biochemistry citation style

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

1. Myers MG Jr. Cell biology. Moonlighting in mitochondria. Science. 2009;323:723–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sedda L, Rogers DJ. The influence of the wind in the Schmallenberg virus outbreak in Europe. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3361.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ditzen M, Pellegrino M, Vosshall LB. Insect odorant receptors are molecular targets of the insect repellent DEET. Science. 2008;319:1838–42.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Rooney HCE, Van’t Klooster JW, van der Hoorn RAL, Joosten MHAJ, Jones JDG, de Wit PJGM. Cladosporium Avr2 inhibits tomato Rcr3 protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance. Science. 2005;308:1783–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Koepsell D. Who Owns You? Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Kalinin AP. The Parathyroid Glands: Imaging and Surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Taylor J. Emotional Sensations and the Moral Imagination in Malebranche. In: Lloyd HM, editor. The Discourse of Sensibility: The Knowing Body in the Enlightenment. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2013. p. 63–83.

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 BMC Biochemistry.

Blog post

1. Davis J. One-Third Of The Great Barrier Reef Coral Dead, As Australia Censors A UN Climate Report. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/over-one-third-great-barrier-reef-northern-coral-dead-australia-censors-un-climate/. 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

1. Government Accountability Office. Intercity Passenger Rail: Issues for Consideration in Developing an Intercity Passenger Rail Policy. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. McClurg AD. A phenomenological study of Baby Boomer retirement— Expectations, results, and implications. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 2013.

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. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: At Least 20 Killed In Mall Fire. New York Times. 2005;:A12.

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	BMC Biochemistry
Abbreviation	BMC Biochem.
ISSN (online)	1471-2091
Scope	Biochemistry Molecular Biology