How to format your references using the Canine Genetics and Epidemiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canine Genetics and Epidemiology. 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. Tymoczko D. The geometry of musical chords. Science. 2006;313:72–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Garnero EJ, McNamara AK. Structure and dynamics of Earth’s lower mantle. Science. 2008;320:626–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Carpenter SJ, Erickson JM, Holland FD Jr. Migration of a Late Cretaceous fish. Nature. 2003;423:70–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. de Souza Silva CC, Van de Vondel J, Morelle M, Moshchalkov VV. Controlled multiple reversals of a ratchet effect. Nature. 2006;440:651–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wind YJ, Hays CF. Beyond Advertising. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

1. Alpert GP. Police Pursuit Driving: Policy and Research. Lum C, editor. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Thedéen T. SETTING THE STAGE: THE VULNERABILITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES. In: Frolov KV, Baecher GB, editors. Protection of Civilian Infrastructure from Acts of Terrorism. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006. p. 33–40.

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 Canine Genetics and Epidemiology.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Study Suggests Salamanders Could Hold The Key To Human Limb Regeneration [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/study-suggests-salamanders-could-hold-key-human-limb-regeneration/

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. NASA ADP Procurement: Contracting and Market Share Information. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990 Apr. Report No.: IMTEC-90-39FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Carrillo J. Parenting education curriculum for single adolescent mothers in foster care [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Cooper M. 6 Composers Chosen For Miller Portraits. New York Times. 2017 May 9;C3.

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	Canine Genetics and Epidemiology
Abbreviation	Canine Genet. Epidemiol.
ISSN (online)	2052-6687
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