How to format your references using the Cell Metabolism citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cell Metabolism. 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	Download the output style file
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

Lee, P.A. (2008). Physics. An end to the drought of quantum spin liquids. Science 321, 1306–1307.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wilson, L., and Head, J.W., Iii (2007). An integrated model of kimberlite ascent and eruption. Nature 447, 53–57.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mendoza, M., Succi, S., and Herrmann, H.J. (2013). Flow through randomly curved manifolds. Sci. Rep. 3, 3106.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Hu, P., Cao, Y., Jia, D., Li, Q., and Liu, R. (2014). Engineering the metathesis and oxidation-reduction reaction in solid state at room temperature for nanosynthesis. Sci. Rep. 4, 4153.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pascoe, N. (2011). Reliability Technology (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd).

An edited book

Zia Ul Haq, M. (2016). Anthocyanins and Human Health: Biomolecular and therapeutic aspects M. Riaz and B. Saad, eds. (Springer International Publishing).

A chapter in an edited book

Dias, J.S., and Ortiz, R. (2015). Vegetable Breeding Industry and Property Rights. In Sustainable Agriculture Reviews: Volume 17 Sustainable Agriculture Reviews., E. Lichtfouse, ed. (Springer International Publishing), pp. 121–139.

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 Metabolism.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2015). Hunters Accidentally Shoot Four Critically Endangered Birds in New Zealand. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/hunters-accidentally-shoot-four-critically-endangered-birds-new-zealand/.

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 (1986). ADP Equipment: Revised GSA Strategy for Microcomputer Purchases Can Improve Competition (U.S. Government Printing Office).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Beck, K. (2011). Comparing high school physics standards: What is included and what is not.

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

Kelly, R.W. (1999). The Police Department’s 9-Millimeter Revolution. New York Times, A17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ².
This sentence cites two references ^2,4.
This sentence cites four references ^2,4,6,8.

About the journal

Full journal title	Cell Metabolism
Abbreviation	Cell Metab.
ISSN (print)	1550-4131
ISSN (online)	1932-7420
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Physiology