How to format your references using the Cancer Genetics citation style

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

Kane G. Particle physics is at a turning point. Nature 2011;480:415.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Poulsen H, Nissen P. Structural biology. The inner workings of a dynamic duo. Science 2012;335:416–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Eberhardt MV, Lee CY, Liu RH. Antioxidant activity of fresh apples. Nature 2000;405:903–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Samatey FA, Imada K, Nagashima S, Vonderviszt F, Kumasaka T, Yamamoto M, et al. Structure of the bacterial flagellar protofilament and implications for a switch for supercoiling. Nature 2001;410:331–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Halpin DW, Senior BA. Financial Management and Accounting Fundamentals for Construction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Beckouche P, Besnard P, Pecout H, editors. Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ross DS. Incidentally Discovered Micropapillary Thyroid Cancer. In: Cooper DS, Durante C, editors. Thyroid Cancer: A Case-Based Approach, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 37–43.

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 Cancer Genetics.

Blog post

[1]

Carpineti A. Exoplanet As Dense As Styrofoam Might Teach Us A Lot About Planetary Atmospheres. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/space/exoplanet-as-dense-as-styrofoam-might-teach-us-a-lot-about-planetary-atmospheres/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Small Business: Proposed Amendments to the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Zazworsky LM. Dumbing down for others: Differences in socially motivated underachievement between working and middle class students. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

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]

Crow K. Parents Aim to Keep a Gifted Program’s Fire Going. New York Times 2002:147.

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	Cancer Genetics
Abbreviation	Cancer Genet.
ISSN (print)	2210-7762
Scope	Cancer Research Genetics Molecular Biology

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