How to format your references using the Current Transplantation Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Transplantation Reports. 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. O’Connell DRH. Geophysics. Assessing ground shaking. Science. 2008;322:686–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Xiong W, Ferrell JE Jr. A positive-feedback-based bistable “memory module” that governs a cell fate decision. Nature. 2003;426:460–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Yin Y, Manoury B, Fåhraeus R. Self-inhibition of synthesis and antigen presentation by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded EBNA1. Science. 2003;301:1371–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Han J-H, Kushner SA, Yiu AP, Cole CJ, Matynia A, Brown RA, et al. Neuronal competition and selection during memory formation. Science. 2007;316:457–60.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Mazer A. Electric Power Planning for Regulated and Deregulated Markets. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Palade V, Jain L, Bocaniala CD, editors. Computational Intelligence in Fault Diagnosis. London: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Obermaisser R. Formal Specification of Gateways in Integrated Architectures. In: Brinkschulte U, Givargis T, Russo S, editors. Software Technologies for Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems: 6th IFIP WG 102 International Workshop, SEUS 2008, Anacarpi, Capri Island, Italy, October 1-3, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 34–45.

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 Transplantation Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. This Incredible 50-Million-Year-Old Amber Shows The Moment An Insect Literally Jumped Out Of Its Skin. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Telecommunications: Issues in Providing Cable and Satellite Television Services. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002 Oct. Report No.: GAO-03-130.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Medina LM. Living with Global Shocks: Examining the Responses of Firms and Governments [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 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. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Dalai Lama Arrives. New York Times. 2004 Nov 30;A6.

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 Transplantation Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Transplant. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2196-3029
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