How to format your references using the Cytotherapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cytotherapy. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

Dupas P. Getting essential health products to their end users: subsidize, but how much? Science 2014;345:1279–81.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Yea SS, Fruman DA. Cell signaling. New mTOR targets Grb attention. Science 2011;332:1270–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Rojas JP, Torres Sevilla GA, Hussain MM. Can we build a truly high performance computer which is flexible and transparent? Sci Rep 2013;3:2609.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Reiter S, Hülsdunk P, Woo T, Lauterbach MA, Eberle JS, Akay LA, et al. Elucidating the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish. Nature 2018;562:361–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pagliaro LA, Pagliaro AM. Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Vinken H, Nishimura Y, White BLJ, Deguchi M, editors. Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan: Established and Emerging Repertoires. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Leemis LM. Variate Generation in Reliability. In: Faulin J, Juan AA, Martorell S, Ramírez-Márquez J-E, editors. Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems, London: Springer; 2010, p. 85–103.

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 Cytotherapy.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Rare Blue-Eyed Lemurs Could Go Extinct In 11 Years. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/rare-blue-eyed-lemurs-could-go-extinct-11-years/ (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. NAVSTAR Global Positioning System--A Program With Many Uncertainties. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Cummins K. A Mixed Methods Study on The Leader in Me Process: How Does Fostering Student Leadership Capacity Influence Behavior, Efficacy, and Achievement? Doctoral dissertation. University of Louisiana, 2015.

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]

Vecsey G. The Old Guard Welcomes The New Guard. New York Times 2012:B10.

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	Cytotherapy
Abbreviation	Cytotherapy
ISSN (print)	1465-3249
Scope	Cancer Research Cell Biology Immunology Genetics(clinical) Immunology and Allergy Oncology Transplantation