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

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

Hoelzel AR. CONSERVATION. Can DNA foil the poachers? Science. 2015;349:34–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hemmi JM, Zeil J. Robust judgement of inter-object distance by an arthropod. Nature. 2003;421:160–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kelly BP, Whiteley A, Tallmon D. The Arctic melting pot. Nature. 2010;468:891.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Zhou Y, Han S-T, Sonar P, Roy VAL. Nonvolatile multilevel data storage memory device from controlled ambipolar charge trapping mechanism. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2319.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Levy G, Levin B. The Biostatistics of Aging. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2014.

An edited book

Buckland ST. Distance Sampling: Methods and Applications. 1st ed. 2015. Rexstad EA, Marques TA, Oedekoven CS, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Alper AB. Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy: Hemodynamic Alterations/Renin Angiotensin System. In: Lerma EV, Batuman V, editors. Diabetes and Kidney Disease. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. page 29–38.

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 Immunology Research.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. Solar Impulse 2 Prepares For Final Leg Of Its Journey Around The World On Solar Power [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-impulse-prepares-for-final-leg-of-journey-around-the-world-on-solar-power/

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. National Airspace System: Initiatives to Reduce Flight Delays and Enhance Capacity are Ongoing but Challenges Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005 May. Report No.: GAO-05-755T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wright JL. Shade Tolerance and Physiological Response to Light Regime of the Invasive Species Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2015.

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

(nyt) SK. Business Briefing | Russian Gas Monopoly Buys Newspaper. New York Times. 2005;C2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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 Immunology Research
Abbreviation	Cancer Immunol. Res.
ISSN (print)	2326-6066
ISSN (online)	2326-6074
Scope	Cancer Research Immunology