How to format your references using the Bone Marrow Transplantation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Bone Marrow Transplantation. 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

Marx V. Proteomics: An atlas of expression. Nature 2014; 509: 645–649.

A journal article with 2 authors

Patzelt F, Pawelzik K. An inherent instability of efficient markets. Sci Rep 2013; 3: 2784.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rankenburg K, Brandon AD, Neal CR. Neodymium isotope evidence for a chondritic composition of the Moon. Science 2006; 312: 1369–1372.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Moritz C, Patton JL, Conroy CJ, Parra JL, White GC, Beissinger SR. Impact of a century of climate change on small-mammal communities in Yosemite National Park, USA. Science 2008; 322: 261–264.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gage LJ. Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals. Blackwell Publishing Ltd: Oxford, UK, 2008.

An edited book

Bationo A, Waswa B, Kihara J, Adolwa I, Vanlauwe B, Saidou K (eds.). Lessons learned from Long-term Soil Fertility Management Experiments in Africa. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Sparano A, Barbato G. Aorta toracica e tronchi sovraortici. In: Romano L, Fulciniti S, Silva M (eds). Anatomia TC multidetettore — Body. Springer: Milano, 2010, pp 23–27.

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 Bone Marrow Transplantation.

Blog post

Andrew E. Genetically Modified Yeast Could Boost Health Benefits Of Wine And Reduce Hangovers. IFLScience. 2015.https://www.iflscience.com/technology/gm-yeast-could-boost-health-benefits-wine-and-reduce-hangovers/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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. Federal Internal Control and Financial Management Systems: Major Reform Efforts Are Needed. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Plosky WD. An Investment Case for Addressing Social Drivers of Structural Stigma and Discrimination Against Refugees in Resource-Poor Urban Areas. 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

Kwai I. Protests Over Punishment For Killing Aboriginal Teen. New York Times. 2017; : A6.

In-text citations

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

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	Bone Marrow Transplantation
ISSN (online)	1476-5365
Scope