How to format your references using the Current Gene Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Gene Therapy. 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

[1]

Berry M. Making waves in physics. Three wave singularities from the miraculous 1830s. Nature 2000; 403(6765):21.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Solozhenko VL, Kurakevych OO. Equilibrium p-T phase diagram of boron: experimental study and thermodynamic analysis. Sci Rep 2013; 3:2351.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Mackenzie RB, Dewberry CT, Leopold KR. SULFUR CHEMISTRY. Gas phase observation and microwave spectroscopic characterization of formic sulfuric anhydride. Science 2015; 349(6243):58–61.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Welscher P te, Zuniga A, Kuijper S, et al. Progression of vertebrate limb development through SHH-mediated counteraction of GLI3. Science 2002; 298(5594):827–30.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Silvia JE. Dynamic Economic Decision Making,. 2011[Online] John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Caspard N. Ensembles ordonnés finis : concepts, résultats et usages,. 2007[Online] Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chernus-Mansfield N. Breaking the News: The Role of the Physician. In: Wright KW, Spiegel PH, Thompson LS, Eds. Handbook of Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Springer: New York, NY 2006; pp. 92–106.

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 Current Gene Therapy.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Volcanic Eruptions Cooled Oceans For Centuries. IFLScience 2015[Online] IFLScience 2015 [cited 2018]. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/volcanic-eruptions-cooled-oceans-centuries/.

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. College Work-Study Program. 1975[Online] U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC 1975.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Williamson KM. The effects of communist policies, the democratic transition, and EU accession on gender equality in Germany and the Czech Republic. 2010[Online] [Doctoral dissertation] George Washington University: Washington, DC 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

[1]

Flegenheimer M. On Trump’s Right Flank, a Survivor Well Attuned to Resentment. New York Times 2017 Oct. 9[Online] 2017 Oct. 9 A1.

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	Current Gene Therapy
Abbreviation	Curr. Gene Ther.
ISSN (print)	1566-5232
ISSN (online)	1875-5631
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Genetics(clinical) Drug Discovery