How to format your references using the Brazilian Journal of Microbiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 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

Melino G. Journal club. A cancer biologist weighs up p53, metabolism and cancer. Nature. 2010;466(7309):905.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sesma A, Osbourn AE. The rice leaf blast pathogen undergoes developmental processes typical of root-infecting fungi. Nature. 2004;431(7008):582-586.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wu W, Wen X, Wang ZL. Taxel-addressable matrix of vertical-nanowire piezotronic transistors for active and adaptive tactile imaging. Science. 2013;340(6135):952-957.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Gomez-Nicola D, Riecken K, Fehse B, Perry VH. In-vivo RGB marking and multicolour single-cell tracking in the adult brain. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7520.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bojar RM. Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery. Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

Filipe J, Obaidat MS, eds. E-Business and Telecommunications: International Conference, ICETE 2008, Porto, Portugal, July 26-29, 2008, Revised Selected Papers. Vol 48. Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Chesko J, Vedvick T, Reed S. Development of Biophysical Assays to Better Understand Adjuvanted Vaccine Formulation Potency and Stability. In: Singh M, ed. Novel Immune Potentiators and Delivery Technologies for Next Generation Vaccines. Springer US; 2013:107-118.

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 Brazilian Journal of Microbiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Atlantropa: The Colossal 1920s Plan To Dam The Mediterranean And Create A Supercontinent. IFLScience. Published September 17, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/atlantropa-colossal-1920s-plan-dam-mediterranean-and-create-supercontinent/

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. Digital Television Transition: Preliminary Information on Progress of the DTV Transition. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Olsen SL. A Year of Sin An Experiential Exhibition of Sin. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University; 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

Pilon M, Craig S. Safety Concerns Stoke Criticism of Kennel Club. New York Times. February 9, 2013:SP1.

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	Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Abbreviation	Braz. J. Microbiol.
ISSN (print)	1517-8382
Scope	Microbiology

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