How to format your references using the Breast Cancer Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Breast Cancer Research. 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

1. Peercy PS. The drive to miniaturization. Nature. 2000;406:1023–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Simons K, Mattaj IW. Retrospective. Lennart Philipson (1929-2011). Science. 2011;333:711.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lee S, Bluemle MJ, Bates FS. Discovery of a Frank-Kasper sigma phase in sphere-forming block copolymer melts. Science. 2010;330:349–53.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zeng H, Li J, Liu JP, Wang ZL, Sun S. Exchange-coupled nanocomposite magnets by nanoparticle self-assembly. Nature. 2002;420:395–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Goldberger AL, Goldberger ZD. Becoming a Consummate Clinician. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Reissig M, Ruzhansky M, editors. Progress in Partial Differential Equations: Asymptotic Profiles, Regularity and Well-Posedness. Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sturmey P, Williams DE. Behavioral Assessment and Treatment: An Overview. In: Williams DE, editor. Pica in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 41–63.

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 Research.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. New Mountains On Pluto And Its Tiny Moons Revealed In Latest Images From New Horizons [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/new-mountains-pluto-and-its-tiny-moons-revealed-latest-images/

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. Business Systems Modernization: IRS Has Made Significant Progress in Improving Its Management Controls, but Risks Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Jun. Report No.: GAO-03-768.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Zhao L. Modeling, Estimation and Approximation in Structured Models [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 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

1. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Soldiers’ Convictions Reinstated. New York Times. 2004 Aug 27;A6.

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 Research
ISSN (online)	1465-542X
Scope