How to format your references using the Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression (CRE). 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

Nolet G. Obituary: F. Anthony Dahlen (1942-2007). Nature. 2007 Jul 19;448(7151):268.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zhou J, Guo LJ. Transition from a spectrum filter to a polarizer in a metallic nano-slit array. Sci Rep. 2014 Jan 9;4:3614.

A journal article with 3 authors

Luo Y, Yang Y, Chen Z. Self-tuning wireless power transmission scheme based on on-line scattering parameters measurement and two-side power matching. Sci Rep. 2014 Apr 10;4:4332.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Maritan A, Micheletti C, Trovato A, Banavar JR. Optimal shapes of compact strings. Nature. 2000 Jul 20;406(6793):287–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Leis JW. Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB for Students and Researchers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Cooper K, White RE, editors. Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era: Contexts of Qualitative Research. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012. XXI, 159 p. 12 illus.

A chapter in an edited book

Bieger J, Thórisson KR, Wang P. Safe Baby AGI. In: Bieger J, Goertzel B, Potapov A, editors. Artificial General Intelligence: 8th International Conference, AGI 2015, AGI 2015, Berlin, Germany, July 22-25, 2015, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 46–9. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Scientists Manage To Store Data Using Single Atoms. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/scientists-store-data-using-single-atoms/

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. Army Training: Improvements Are Needed in 5-Ton Truck Driver Training and Supervision. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Apr. Report No.: GAO-01-436.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lambert M. Generational Differences in the Workplace: The Perspectives of Three Generations on Career Mobility [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2015.

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

Pilon M. Slugger’s Penalty Includes a Walk Through History. New York Times. 2012 Nov 8;B11.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
ISSN (print)	1045-4403
ISSN (online)	2162-6502
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