How to format your references using the BMC Hematology citation style

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

1. Bohannon J. Scientific societies. Torture report prompts APA apology. Science. 2015;349:221–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kleinman CL, Majewski J. Comment on “Widespread RNA and DNA sequence differences in the human transcriptome.” Science. 2012;335:1302; author reply 1302.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hu Y, Lee CC, Ribbe MW. Extending the carbon chain: hydrocarbon formation catalyzed by vanadium/molybdenum nitrogenases. Science. 2011;333:753–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Schaefer JM, Denton GH, Barrell DJA, Ivy-Ochs S, Kubik PW, Andersen BG, et al. Near-synchronous interhemispheric termination of the last glacial maximum in mid-latitudes. Science. 2006;312:1510–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Todeschini R, Baccini A. Handbook of Bibliometric Indicators. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2016.

An edited book

1. Magedanz T, Gavras A, Thanh NH, Chase JS, editors. Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities: 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Zhang C, Wang J, Zhang M, Wu X. A New DVFS Algorithm Design for Multi-core Processor Chip. In: Xu W, Xiao L, Li J, Zhang C, Zhu Z, editors. Computer Engineering and Technology: 20th CCF Conference, NCCET 2016, Xi’an, China, August 10-12, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Singapore: Springer; 2016. p. 40–51.

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 Hematology.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Ravens Know When They’ve Been Cheated, And Remember Who Did It For At Least A Month. IFLScience. 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ravens-know-when-theyve-been-cheated-and-remember-who-did-it-for-at-least-a-month/. 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. Federal Short Takeoff and Landing Transport Programs: Status and Needs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Kory R. Development of an educational seminar for college female athletes, coaches, athletic directors and parents on the female athlete triad. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2017.

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. Brantley B. Returning Home, and All’s Not Well. New York Times. 2016;:C1.

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 Hematology
Abbreviation	BMC Hematol.
ISSN (online)	2052-1839
Scope