How to format your references using the Clinical Breast Cancer citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Clinical Breast Cancer. 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

Gilbert N. Who speaks for science in Europe? Nature. 2009;460(7256):672-673.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jupp T, Schultz A. A thermodynamic explanation for black smoker temperatures. Nature. 2000;403(6772):880-883.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhang APP, Pigli YZ, Rice PA. Structure of the LexA-DNA complex and implications for SOS box measurement. Nature. 2010;466(7308):883-886.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Heil F, Hemmi H, Hochrein H, et al. Species-specific recognition of single-stranded RNA via toll-like receptor 7 and 8. Science. 2004;303(5663):1526-1529.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Decreusefond L, Moyal P. Stochastic Modeling and Analysis of Telecom Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Sumathi S. Solar PV and Wind Energy Conversion Systems: An Introduction to Theory, Modeling with MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the Role of Soft Computing Techniques. (Ashok Kumar L, Surekha P, eds.). Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Chesney M, Gheyssens J, Taschini L. The Economics of Mitigation Strategies. In: Gheyssens J, Taschini L, eds. Environmental Finance and Investments. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer; 2013:59-92.

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 Clinical Breast Cancer.

Blog post

Andrew E. Fun Experiments To Do In Cold Weather. IFLScience. Published January 8, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/fun-experiments-do-cold-weather/

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. Problems of the Upward Bound Program in Preparing Disadvantaged Students for a Postsecondary Education. 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

Curti CL. Talking About Science Interests: The Importance of Feedback Appraisals When Students Talk About Their Interests in STEM. 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

Grynbaum MM. Typically Chummy Ritual Offers Moment of Catharsis. New York Times. April 30, 2017:A15.

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	Clinical Breast Cancer
Abbreviation	Clin. Breast Cancer
ISSN (print)	1526-8209
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology

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