How to format your references using the Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews. 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	Download the output style file
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]

L. Anson, Membrane protein biophysics, Nature 459 (2009) 343.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

G.M. Whitesides, J. Deutch, Let’s get practical, Nature 469 (2011) 21–22.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

N.J. Tosca, A.H. Knoll, S.M. McLennan, Water activity and the challenge for life on early Mars, Science 320 (2008) 1204–1207.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

S. Reiter, P. Hülsdunk, T. Woo, M.A. Lauterbach, J.S. Eberle, L.A. Akay, A. Longo, J. Meier-Credo, F. Kretschmer, J.D. Langer, M. Kaschube, G. Laurent, Elucidating the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish, Nature 562 (2018) 361–366.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S. Bleistein, Rapid Organizational Change, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2017.

An edited book

[1]

L. Rocha, E.A. Cavalheiro, eds., Pharmacoresistance in Epilepsy: From Genes and Molecules to Promising Therapies, Springer, New York, NY, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

R. Tomalty, A. Mallach, Differences in Livability and Sustainability, in: A. Mallach (Ed.), America’s Urban Future: Lessons from North of the Border, Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, Washington, DC, 2015: pp. 51–70.

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 Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, True color of ancient sea creatures revealed by fossilized pigment, IFLScience (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/true-color-ancient-sea-creatures-revealed-fossilized-pigment/ (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, No Child Left Behind Act: Education Should Clarify Guidance and Address Potential Compliance Issues for Schools in Corrective Action and Restructuring Status, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J.K. Bankas, CAFE—Community and Family Enrichment: Toward Community-Based Mental Health Support for Families, Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2014.

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]

J.B. Stewart, Case Study in Chaos: Management Experts Grade a Trump White House, New York Times (2017) B1.

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	Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews
Abbreviation	Cytokine Growth Factor Rev.
ISSN (print)	1359-6101
Scope	General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Immunology and Allergy