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]

Sadoulet B. Particle dark matter in the universe: at the brink of discovery? Science 2007;315:61–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Muotri AR, Gage FH. Generation of neuronal variability and complexity. Nature 2006;441:1087–93.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schieber J, Southard J, Thaisen K. Accretion of mudstone beds from migrating floccule ripples. Science 2007;318:1760–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Larmagnac A, Eggenberger S, Janossy H, Vörös J. Stretchable electronics based on Ag-PDMS composites. Sci Rep 2014;4:7254.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Bullock J. Wireshark® for Security Professionals. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Reed BM, editor. Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide. New York, NY: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

De Cauwer M, O’Sullivan B. A Study of Electricity Price Features on Distributed Internet Data Centers. In: Altmann J, Vanmechelen K, Rana OF, editors. Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services: 10th International Conference, GECON 2013, Zaragoza, Spain, September 18-20, 2013. Proceedings, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2013, p. 60–73.

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]

Evans K. Architects Create Free DIY Sustainable “Indoor Garden” For Urban Living. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/ikea-creates-free-diy-sustainable-indoor-garden-for-urban-living/ (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. Aviation Security: TSA Is Enhancing Its Oversight of Air Carrier Efforts to Identify Passengers on the No Fly and Selectee Lists, but Expects Ultimate Solution to Be Implementation of Secure Flight. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Kaminsky E. Schumann’s Op. 14: Original, Revised and Edited (“Concerto without Orchestra” versus Piano Sonata No. 3). Doctoral dissertation. University of Cincinnati, 2006.

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]

Joy S. New Footprints. New York Times 2014:E5.

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