How to format your references using the Cell Biology and Toxicology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cell Biology and Toxicology. 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

Tymoczko D. The geometry of musical chords. Science. 2006 Jul 7;313(5783):72–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Li Y, Zhang Z. Potential microRNA-mediated oncogenic intercellular communication revealed by pan-cancer analysis. Sci. Rep. 2014 Nov 18;4:7097.

A journal article with 3 authors

Santos MD, Dorogovtsev SN, Mendes JFF. Biased imitation in coupled evolutionary games in interdependent networks. Sci. Rep. 2014 Mar 24;4:4436.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ko M, Huang Y, Jankowska AM, Pape UJ, Tahiliani M, Bandukwala HS, et al. Impaired hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine in myeloid cancers with mutant TET2. Nature. 2010 Dec 9;468(7325):839–43.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tikhomirov VV. Hydrogeochemistry Fundamentals and Advances. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Bauzer Medeiros C, Egenhofer MJ, Bertino E, editors. Advances in Spatial and Temporal Databases: 9th International Symposium, SSTD 2005, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, August 22-24, 2005. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Bayan EM, Lupeiko TG, Pustovaya LE, Fedorenko AG. Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide: The Influence of Process Parameters on the Structural, Size and Photocatalytic Properties. In: Parinov IA, Chang S-H, Topolov VY, editors. Advanced Materials: Manufacturing, Physics, Mechanics and Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 51–60.

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 Cell Biology and Toxicology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Elon Musk Biography Portrays A Brutal Character Driven By Lofty Dreams [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/elon-musk-biography-portrays-brutal-character-driven-lofty-dreams/

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. Utilization of Consultants and Experts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1970 Nov. Report No.: B-168033.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Campbell AJ. History transformed: Sengoku Daimyo in Japanese popular media [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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

Kenigsberg B. The Latest Word From Al Gore on Climate Change. New York Times. 2017 Jul 27;C8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Tymoczko 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Li and Zhang 2014; Tymoczko 2006).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Li and Zhang 2014)
Three or more authors: (Ko et al. 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	Cell Biology and Toxicology
Abbreviation	Cell Biol. Toxicol.
ISSN (print)	0742-2091
ISSN (online)	1573-6822
Scope	Cell Biology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology