How to format your references using the Cell Stress citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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. Maddox J (2003). Obituary: Edward Teller (1908-2003). Nature. 425(6956): 362–363. 14508475.
A journal article with 2 authors
1. Vanorio T, and Kanitpanyacharoen W (2015). ROCK PHYSICS. Rock physics of fibrous rocks akin to Roman concrete explains uplifts at Campi Flegrei Caldera. Science. 349(6248): 617–621. 26160377.
A journal article with 3 authors
1. Winn JN, Rusin D, and Kochanek CS (2004). The central image of a gravitationally lensed quasar. Nature. 427(6975): 613–615. 14961114.
A journal article with 30 or more authors
1. Zhu Z, Zheng T, Homer RJ, Kim Y-K, Chen NY, Cohn L, Hamid Q, and Elias JA (2004). Acidic mammalian chitinase in asthmatic Th2 inflammation and IL-13 pathway activation. Science. 304(5677): 1678–1682. 15192232.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
1. Eichhorn MP (2016). Natural Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.
An edited book
1. Mahlow C, and Piotrowski M (2011). Systems and Frameworks for Computational Morphology: Second International Workshop, SFCM 2011, Zurich, Switzerland, August 26, 2011. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
A chapter in an edited book
1. Weber RH, and Weber R (2010). Governance of the Internet of Things. In: Weber R, editor Internet of Things: Legal Perspectives. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg; pp 69–100.

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 Stress.

Blog post
1. O`Callaghan J (2015). Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute Release First Observations From “Alien Megastructure” Star. IFLScience. Available at https://www.iflscience.com/space/alien-megastructure-probably-not-alien-megastructure-says-seti/ [Accessed 10/30/2018].

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 (2002). Social Security Administration: Agency Must Position Itself Now to Meet Profound Challenges. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
1. Fresolone C (2012). The pedagogical use of Gerald Near’s “Chantworks.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona.

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. Baker P, and Shear MD (2017). Vowing Again to Attack Opioids, Trump Faults Obama. New York Times A13.

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 titleCell Stress
AbbreviationCell Stress
ISSN (online)2523-0204
Scope

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