How to format your references using the Clinical Microbiology Newsletter citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 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]

Artaxo P. Break down boundaries in climate research. Nature 2012;481:239.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Berry RM, Armitage JP. Microbiology. How bacteria change gear. Science 2008;320:1599–600.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

AbdAlla S, Lother H, Quitterer U. AT1-receptor heterodimers show enhanced G-protein activation and altered receptor sequestration. Nature 2000;407:94–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Varga V, Losonczy A, Zemelman BV, Borhegyi Z, Nyiri G, Domonkos A, et al. Fast synaptic subcortical control of hippocampal circuits. Science 2009;326:449–53.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Iyengar SS, Parameshwaran N, Phoha VV, Balakrishnan N, Okoye CD. Fundamentals of Sensor Network Programming. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Ehrhardt J, Lorenz C, editors. 4D Modeling and Estimation of Respiratory Motion for Radiation Therapy. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Heinrich AB. Life Cycle Assessment as Reflected by the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. In: Klöpffer W, editor. Background and Future Prospects in Life Cycle Assessment, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014, p. 145–88.

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 Microbiology Newsletter.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Please Stop Electrocuting Your Brains At Home, Say Neuroscientists. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/please-stop-electrocuting-your-brains-at-home-say-neuroscientists/ (accessed October 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. Drug-Impaired Driving: Additional Support Needed for Public Awareness Initiatives. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Chung EK. The Sophisticated Genetic Diversities of Human Complement Component C4 and RCCX Modules in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2003.

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]

Wilson M. A Hole in Their Hearts, 5 Years After Hurricane Hit Staten Island. New York Times 2017:A15.

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	Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Abbreviation	Clin. Microbiol. Newsl.
ISSN (print)	0196-4399
Scope	Infectious Diseases Microbiology (medical)