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. Kirchner JW. Evolutionary speed limits inferred from the fossil record. Nature. 2002;415:65–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Saltiel AR, Kahn CR. Insulin signalling and the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. Nature. 2001;414:799–806.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Dharmawardhana CC, Misra A, Ching W-Y. Quantum mechanical metric for internal cohesion in cement crystals. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7332.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Lama D, Quah ST, Verma CS, Lakshminarayanan R, Beuerman RW, Lane DP, et al. Rational optimization of conformational effects induced by hydrocarbon staples in peptides and their binding interfaces. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3451.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Cyr KS. Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Administration. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Bui AAT, Taira RK, editors. Medical Imaging Informatics. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Dearricott O. Lectures on n-Sasakian Manifolds. In: Galaz-García F, Kennard L, Searle C, Weingart G, Ziller W, editors. Geometry of Manifolds with Non-negative Sectional Curvature: Editors: Rafael Herrera, Luis Hernández-Lamoneda. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 57–109.

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. Ancient “Monster” Sea Scorpions Were Gentle Giants [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-monster-sea-scorpions-were-gentle-giants/

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. Social Security Administration Field Offices: Reduced Workforce Faces Challenges as Baby Boomers Retire. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 May. Report No.: GAO-08-737T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ward S. Historiography, prophecy, and literature: “Divina retribución” and its underlying ideological agenda [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2009.

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. Marx L. Lori McCoy and Edwin Rossman Jr. New York Times. 2011 Mar 27;ST15.

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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