How to format your references using the Current Research in Translational Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Research in Translational Medicine. 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]

Di Noia JM. Molecular biology: Unequal opportunity during class switching. Nature 2015;525:44–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Matsuoka T, Shimizu K. Direct observation of a pressure-induced metal-to-semiconductor transition in lithium. Nature 2009;458:186–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sun L, Xie Z, Zhao J. A 3,000-year record of penguin populations. Nature 2000;407:858.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

He X, He X, Dave VP, Zhang Y, Hua X, Nicolas E, et al. The zinc finger transcription factor Th-POK regulates CD4 versus CD8 T-cell lineage commitment. Nature 2005;433:826–33.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Gee S. Fraud and Fraud Detection. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Bramer M, Terziyan V, editors. Industrial Applications of Semantic Web: Proceedings of the 1st IFIP WG12.5 Working Conference on Industrial Applications of Semantic Web, August 25–27, 2005, Jyväskylä, Finland. vol. 188. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Menken K. Policy Failures: No Child Left Behind and English Language Learners. In: Groenke SL, Hatch JA, editors. Critical Pedagogy and Teacher Education in the Neoliberal Era: Small Openings, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009, p. 49–62.

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 Research in Translational Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. The Five Most Insane Conspiracy Theories About Mars. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/five-crazy-conspiracy-theories-about-martian-water/ (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. Domestic Aviation: Barriers to Entry Continue to Limit Benefits of Airline Deregulation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Truong T. Microfluidics-based system for high-throughput analysis of nitrite in harbor water. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2012.

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]

Lee L. Adjusting a Waistline for a Wedding, but at What Cost? New York Times 2012:ST19.

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 Research in Translational Medicine
Abbreviation	Curr. Res. Transl. Med.
ISSN (print)	2452-3186
Scope	General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine