How to format your references using the Cell Regeneration citation style

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

Baltensperger U. Atmospheric science. Aerosols in clearer focus. Science. 2010;329(5998):1474-1475.

A journal article with 2 authors

Moore MJ, Rosbash M. Cell biology. TAPping into mRNA export. Science. 2001;294(5548):1841-1842.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jewitt D, Aussel H, Evans A. The size and albedo of the Kuiper-belt object (20000) Varuna. Nature. 2001;411(6836):446-447.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Choi SH, Boo SJ, Lee JH, Kang YC. Electrochemical properties of tungsten sulfide-carbon composite microspheres prepared by spray pyrolysis. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5755.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Zwecher MJ. Retirement Portfolios Workbook. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Lumley JSP, Hoballah JJ, eds. Vascular Surgery. Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Shirani F, Groves C, Butler C, Parkhill K, Henwood K, Pidgeon N. Living in the Future: Environmental Concerns, Parenting, and Low-Impact Lifestyles. In: Ansell N, Klocker N, Skelton T, eds. Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat. Springer; 2016:441-461.

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 Regeneration.

Blog post

Andrew E. WHO Approves 15-Minute Ebola Test. IFLScience. Published February 20, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/who-approves-15-minute-ebola-test/

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. Early Childhood Programs: Characteristics Affect the Availability of School Readiness Information. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Flores MY. Delinquency Prevention Program for Latino Youth: A Grant Proposal Project. Doctoral dissertation. 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

Saulny S. Lawyer Faces New Charges Of Giving Support to Terrorist. New York Times. November 20, 2003:B9.

In-text citations

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

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	Cell Regeneration
Abbreviation	Cell Regen. (Lond.)
ISSN (print)	2045-9769
Scope

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