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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Clinical Lung 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
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
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Ferrari G. Physics. Dynamics of a cold quantum gas. Science. 2015;347(6218):127.
A journal article with 2 authors
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Häkkinen S, Rhines PB. Decline of subpolar North Atlantic circulation during the 1990s. Science. 2004;304(5670):555-559.
A journal article with 3 authors
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Park H, Li Y, Tsien RW. Influence of synaptic vesicle position on release probability and exocytotic fusion mode. Science. 2012;335(6074):1362-1366.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Mumma MJ, Villanueva GL, Novak RE, et al. Strong release of methane on Mars in northern summer 2003. Science. 2009;323(5917):1041-1045.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Center for Chemical Process Safety. Inherently Safer Chemical Processes. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.
An edited book
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Bulajich Manfrino R. Topics in Algebra and Analysis: Preparing for the Mathematical Olympiad. (Gómez Ortega JA, Valdez Delgado R, eds.). Springer International Publishing; 2015.
A chapter in an edited book
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Chiang A, Witkin AJ, Regillo CD, Ho AC. Fundus Imaging of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. In: Ho AC, Regillo CD, eds. Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer; 2011:39-64.

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 Lung Cancer.

Blog post
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Andrew E. Robot Learns To Cook Watching YouTube Videos. IFLScience. Published January 5, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/robot-learns-cook-watching-youtube-videos/

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
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Government Accountability Office. Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Survey of Illegal Aliens and Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunication System. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
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Martinez V. The Relationship between Visit to a Doctor and the Health Behaviors of Children. 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
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Crow K. Looking For Love. New York Times. February 11, 2001:141.

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 titleClinical Lung Cancer
AbbreviationClin. Lung Cancer
ISSN (print)1525-7304
ScopeCancer Research
Oncology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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