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. Cruz M. Black holes. Inescapable pull. Introduction. Science. 2012;337:535.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Laflamme MA, Murry CE. Heart regeneration. Nature. 2011;473:326–35.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. McNally A, Prier CK, MacMillan DWC. Discovery of an α-amino C-H arylation reaction using the strategy of accelerated serendipity. Science. 2011;334:1114–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zheng AY, Lawhorn JK, Lumley T, Freeman S. Assessment. Application of Bloom’s taxonomy debunks the “MCAT myth.” Science. 2008;319:414–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Cabaniss DL, Cherry S, Douglas CJ, Graver RL, Schwartz AR. Psychodynamic Formulation. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Drewes H, editor. Geodetic Reference Frames: IAG Symposium Munich, Germany, 9-14 October 2006. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Olivieri A, Pitacco E. Life Insurance: Pricing. In: Pitacco E, editor. Introduction to Insurance Mathematics: Technical and Financial Features of Risk Transfers. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 217–70.

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. Andrew E. How Rosetta Made An Epic Journey Through Space And Overcame Incredible Challenges [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/how-rosetta-made-epic-journey-through-space-and-overcame-incredible-challenges/

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. Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 May. Report No.: GAO-16-468.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Chan BK. Hyperboloid-Parameterized Description of Diffusive Superconducting-Magnetic Hybrid Systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Tabuchi H. Kochs’ Strategy to Court Allies: Gospel and Gas. New York Times. 2017 Jan 5;A1.

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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