How to format your references using the Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Burke, D., 2000. Time for voices to be raised. Nature 405, 509.

A journal article with 2 authors

Loh, K.M., Lim, B., 2015. Stem cells: Equilibrium established. Nature 521, 299–300.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wu, W., Wen, X., Wang, Z.L., 2013. Taxel-addressable matrix of vertical-nanowire piezotronic transistors for active and adaptive tactile imaging. Science 340, 952–957.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

El-Kaderi, H.M., Hunt, J.R., Mendoza-Cortés, J.L., Côté, A.P., Taylor, R.E., O’Keeffe, M., Yaghi, O.M., 2007. Designed synthesis of 3D covalent organic frameworks. Science 316, 268–272.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wesche, R., 2015. Physical Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

Craster, R.V., Kaplunov, J. (Eds.), 2013. Dynamic Localization Phenomena in Elasticity, Acoustics and Electromagnetism, 1st ed, CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences. Springer, Vienna.

A chapter in an edited book

Sun, X., Whittaker, G.R., 2013. Entry of Influenza Virus, in: Pöhlmann, S., Simmons, G. (Eds.), Viral Entry into Host Cells, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 72–82.

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 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. How Strong Are The World’s New Climate Targets? Here Are Four Things To Consider [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/environment/how-strong-are-world-s-new-climate-targets-here-are-four-things-consider/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2010. National Airspace System: Summary of Flight Delay Trends for 34 Airports in the Continental United States (GAO-10-543SP, May 26, 2010), an E-supplement to GAO-10-542 (No. GAO-10-543SP). 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

Crump, S., 2015. The efficacy of an academic behavior assessment tool for the functional behavior assessment process (Doctoral dissertation). Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

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

Dwyer, J., 2015. A Police Shot to a Boy’s Back, Echoing Since ’73. New York Times A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Burke, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Burke, 2000; Loh and Lim, 2015).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Loh and Lim, 2015)
Three or more authors: (El-Kaderi et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C
Abbreviation	Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. Toxicol. Pharmacol.
ISSN (print)	1532-0456
Scope	Biochemistry Cell Biology Physiology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis General Medicine Toxicology