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. Schneider SH. Earth systems engineering and management. Nature. 2001;409:417–21.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Lazar MA, Birnbaum MJ. Physiology. De-meaning of metabolism. Science. 2012;336:1651–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Shahabi A, Wang H, Upmanyu M. Shaping van der Waals nanoribbons via torsional constraints: scrolls, folds and supercoils. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7004.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Meltzoff AN, Kuhl PK, Movellan J, Sejnowski TJ. Foundations for a new science of learning. Science. 2009;325:284–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Tissue BM. Basics of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Equilibria. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Weyandt LL. College Students with ADHD: Current Issues and Future Directions. DuPaul GJ, editor. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Gunckel KL, Mohan L, Covitt BA, Anderson CW. Addressing Challenges in Developing Learning Progressions For Environmental Science Literacy. In: Alonzo AC, Gotwals AW, editors. Learning Progressions in Science: Current Challenges and Future Directions. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2012. p. 39–75.

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. World’s Most Ambitious Project To Explore Atlantic Ocean Kicks Off. 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. Financial Management: Amtrak’s Route Profitability Schedules Need Improvement. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002 Jul. Report No.: GAO-02-912R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mueller K. Biases in the Selection Process Against Applicants with Tattoos [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2017.

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. Gordon MR, Simons M. War Crimes Office May Be Shuttered As Tillerson Reorganizes State Dept. New York Times. 2017 Jul 19;A16.

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
Scope

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