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. Clary DC. Chemistry. 100 years of atomic theory. Science. 2013;341:244–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Logan GD, Crump MJC. Cognitive illusions of authorship reveal hierarchical error detection in skilled typists. Science. 2010;330:683–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Simiyu K, Daar AS, Singer PA. Global health. Stagnant health technologies in Africa. Science. 2010;330:1483–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Agliari E, Barra A, Burioni R, Di Biasio A, Uguzzoni G. Collective behaviours: from biochemical kinetics to electronic circuits. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3458.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wolf EL. Nanophysics of Solar and Renewable Energy. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2012.

An edited book

1. Costabile MF, Dittrich Y, Fischer G, Piccinno A, editors. End-User Development: Third International Symposium, IS-EUD 2011, Torre Canne (BR), Italy, June 7-10, 2011. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Crowder JA, Carbone JN, Demijohn R. Systems Engineering Tools and Practices. In: Carbone JN, Demijohn R, editors. Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering: Architecting the Design Process. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 89–103.

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. Hale T. NASA Releases Mesmerizing Time-Lapse Of Three Hurricanes Seen From Space. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-releases-mesmerizing-timelapse-of-three-hurricanes-seen-from-space/. 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. National Aero-Space Plane: Restructuring Future Research and Development Efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Decker KM. A study of relationships between counselor education, social justice advocacy competence, and likelihood to advocate. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University; 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. Cooper M. The Met Stars in Its West Side Story. New York Times. 2017;:AR10.

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