How to format your references using the Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 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

Schnitzer MJ. Biological computation: amazing algorithms. Nature. 2002;416(6882):683.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bahary N, Zon LI. Development. Endothelium--chicken soup for the endoderm. Science. 2001;294(5542):530-531.

A journal article with 3 authors

Meissner M, Schlüter D, Soldati D. Role of Toxoplasma gondii myosin A in powering parasite gliding and host cell invasion. Science. 2002;298(5594):837-840.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Takagi J, Yang Y, Liu JH, Wang JH, Springer TA. Complex between nidogen and laminin fragments reveals a paradigmatic beta-propeller interface. Nature. 2003;424(6951):969-974.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Port M. Beyond Booked Solid. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

Beckouche P, Besnard P, Pecout H, eds. Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods. Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Paré A. Speaking of Writing: Supervisory Feedback and the Dissertation. In: McAlpine L, Amundsen C, eds. Doctoral Education: Research-Based Strategies for Doctoral Students, Supervisors and Administrators. Springer Netherlands; 2011:59-74.

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 Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Blog post

Taub B. 2,500-Year-Old Man Wrapped In Cannabis “Shroud” Discovered In Ancient Chinese Tomb. IFLScience. October 7, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/2500-year-old-man-wrapped-in-cannabis-shroud-discovered-in-ancient-chinese-tomb/

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. Administration of the Medicaid Drug Program. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1974.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Meghani HP. Med-Equip Solutions LLC: A Wheelchair Distributor Company Business Plan. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2017.

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

Eddy M, Kanter J. Backlash Over Remarks by German E.U. Official. New York Times. October 31, 2016:A9.

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	Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Abbreviation	Cell. Mol. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.
ISSN (print)	2352-345X
Scope