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. Huch M. Regenerative biology: The versatile and plastic liver. Nature. 2015;517:155–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Miltat J, Thiaville A. Ferromagnetism. Vortex cores--smaller than small. Science. 2002;298:555.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Zhang W, Dunkle JA, Cate JHD. Structures of the ribosome in intermediate states of ratcheting. Science. 2009;325:1014–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chen SF, Du CW, Yang P, Zhang HW, Kwan M, Zhang GJ. The molecular and clinicopathologic characteristics of bilateral breast cancer. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2590.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Zinkin J. Rebuilding Trust in Banks. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Palese P, editor. Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Rens G, Meyer T, Lakemeyer G. A Logic for Reasoning About Decision-Theoretic Projections. In: Duval B, van den Herik J, Loiseau S, Filipe J, editors. Agents and Artificial Intelligence: 7th International Conference, ICAART 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, January 10-12, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 79–99.

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. Hale T. Watch This Year’s “Firefall’ Light Up Yosemite Once Again [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/watch-this-years-firefall-light-up-yosemite-once-again/

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. Next Generation Air Transportation System: FAA Faces Challenges in Responding to Task Force Recommendations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Oct. Report No.: GAO-10-188T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Fino M. Fruit and vegetable intake and exercise practices of college students of color [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. Wagner J. For Matz, and Mets, Another Comeback Has Proved Difficult to Fulfill. New York Times. 2017 Sep 20;B13.

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
Scope

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