How to format your references using the Brain Tumor Pathology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Brain Tumor Pathology. 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

Davis ME (2003) Materials science. Distinguishing the (almost) indistinguishable. Science 300:438–439

A journal article with 2 authors

Tseng C-K, Cheng S-C (2008) Both catalytic steps of nuclear pre-mRNA splicing are reversible. Science 320:1782–1784

A journal article with 3 authors

Chen X, Parker D, Singh DJ (2013) Importance of non-parabolic band effects in the thermoelectric properties of semiconductors. Sci Rep 3:3168

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Kuhlemann J, Rohling EJ, Krumrei I, et al (2008) Regional synthesis of Mediterranean atmospheric circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science 321:1338–1340

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Söchting I (2014) Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK

An edited book

Assmann A, Detmers I (2016) Empathy and its Limits. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London

A chapter in an edited book

Smyrnakis M, Galla T (2015) Decentralized Optimisation of Resource Allocation in Disaster Management. In: Preston J, Binner JM, Branicki L, et al (eds) City Evacuations: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 89–106

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 Brain Tumor Pathology.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Unique Dwarf Galaxy May Shed Light On The Early Universe. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/unique-dwarf-galaxy-may-shed-light-early-universe/. 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

Government Accountability Office (2003) Highway Infrastructure: Stakeholders’ Views on Time to Conduct Environmental Reviews of Highway Projects. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kotamreddy A (2017) Design and Simulation of 16 Psk Super Regenerative Receiver. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Andrews M (2017) Venus Williams Faces Wrongful-Death Suit. New York Times D6

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	Brain Tumor Pathology
Abbreviation	Brain Tumor Pathol.
ISSN (print)	1433-7398
ISSN (online)	1861-387X
Scope	Cancer Research General Medicine Clinical Neurology Oncology