How to format your references using the Cell Research citation style

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

1. Loder N. Giant tortoises come home. Nature 2000; 404:426.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Losos JB, Pringle RM. Competition, predation and natural selection in island lizards. Nature 2011; 475:E1-2; discussion E3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rodell M, Velicogna I, Famiglietti JS. Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India. Nature 2009; 460:999–1002.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Demokritov SO, Serga AA, Demidov VE, Hillebrands B, Kostylev MP, Kalinikos BA. Experimental observation of symmetry-breaking nonlinear modes in an active ring. Nature 2003; 426:159–162.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Flood BG. Wealth Exposed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Liu J. Autonomy Oriented Computing: From Problem Solving to Complex Systems Modeling. (Jin X, Tsui KC, eds.). Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Halt GB, Fesnak R, Donch JC, Stiles AR. Domain Names. In: Donch JC Jr, Stiles AR, Fesnak R, eds. Intellectual Property in Consumer Electronics, Software and Technology Startups. New York, NY: Springer; 2014:61–66.

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 Research.

Blog post

1. Carpineti A. Astronomers Find Quasar With Temperatures Hotter Than Thought Possible. IFLScience 2017.

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. High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear Federal Role. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Lowe C. A correlational study of the relationship between Learner Autonomy and academic performance. 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. Leland J. The Fighter and the Fight. New York Times. January 6, 2017:MB8.

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	Cell Research
Abbreviation	Cell Res.
ISSN (print)	1001-0602
ISSN (online)	1748-7838
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology