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. James RD. Shape-memory alloys. Taming the temperamental metal transformation. Science. 2015;348:968–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Ruths J, Ruths D. Network models. Response to Comment on “Control profiles of complex networks.” Science. 2014;346:561.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Baier DB, Gatesy SM, Jenkins FA. A critical ligamentous mechanism in the evolution of avian flight. Nature. 2007;445:307–10.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Csikor FF, Motz C, Weygand D, Zaiser M, Zapperi S. Dislocation avalanches, strain bursts, and the problem of plastic forming at the micrometer scale. Science. 2007;318:251–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Shover L. Trading Options in Turbulent Markets. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Mikulski J, editor. Transport Systems Telematics: 10th Conference, TST 2010, Katowice – Ustroń, Poland, October 20-23, 2010. Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Shapiro S. Effectiveness. In: Benthem J van, Heinzmann G, Rebuschi M, Visser H, editors. The Age of Alternative Logics: Assessing Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics Today. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006. p. 37–49.

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. Carpineti A. The First Stars In The Universe Formed Later Than We Thought. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/the-first-stars-in-the-universe-formed-later-than-we-thought/. 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 Research: Opportunities Exist to Improve the Management and Oversight of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bunkley RL. A mentoring program for adolescents in a placement facility: A grant proposal project. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Rao PS, Isaac M. Uber, Lamenting Cost of ‘Bad Reputation,’ Loses London License. New York Times. 2017;:A1.

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