How to format your references using the Breast Cancer citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Breast Cancer. 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. Reipurth B. George Herbig (1920-2013). Nature. 2013;503:470.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Zanetti M, Mahadevan NR. Cancer. Immune surveillance from chromosomal chaos? Science. 2012;337:1616–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Fournier AE, GrandPre T, Strittmatter SM. Identification of a receptor mediating Nogo-66 inhibition of axonal regeneration. Nature. 2001;409:341–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Li X, Wu Y, Steel D, Gammon D, Stievater TH, Katzer DS, et al. An all-optical quantum gate in a semiconductor quantum dot. Science. 2003;301:809–11.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Manuele FA. Advanced Safety Management Focusing on Z10 and Serious Injury Prevention. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Villalobos FJ, Fereres E, editors. Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Botero M. How Primate Mothers and Infants Communicate: Characterizing Interaction in Mother–Infant Studies. In: Pina M, Gontier N, editors. The Evolution of Social Communication in Primates: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 83–99.

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 Breast Cancer.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Common Misconceptions About Global Warming [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/common-misconceptions-about-global-warming/

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. Highway Safety: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Implement Changes in the Highway Safety Improvement Program Since SAFETEA-LU. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Jul. Report No.: GAO-08-1015T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Payne NA. Adults who have learning disabilities: Transition from GED to postsecondary activities [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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. Pilon M. For Men, Sport’s Stigma Dampens Appeal. New York Times. 2012 Aug 12;SP7.

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	Breast Cancer
Abbreviation	Breast Cancer
ISSN (print)	1340-6868
ISSN (online)	1880-4233
Scope	General Medicine Oncology Pharmacology (medical) Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging