How to format your references using the EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology. 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

Ibba, M. (2001). Protein synthesis. Discriminating right from wrong. Science (New York, N.Y.), 294(5540), 70–71.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rost, S., & Revenaugh, J. (2001). Seismic detection of rigid zones at the top of the core. Science (New York, N.Y.), 294(5548), 1911–1914.

A journal article with 3 authors

Spillane, S. M., Kippenberg, T. J., & Vahala, K. J. (2002). Ultralow-threshold Raman laser using a spherical dielectric microcavity. Nature, 415(6872), 621–623.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Zhang, L.-L., Duan, S., Yang, X.-L., Liang, G., Huang, Y.-H., Cao, X.-Z., … Li, M. (2014). Systematic investigation on Cadmium-incorporation in Li₂FeSiO₄/C cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. Scientific reports, 4, 5064.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Assing, D., & Calé, S. (2013). Mobile Access Safety. Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Backhouse, R., Gibbons, J., Hinze, R., & Jeuring, J. (Eds.). (2007). Datatype-Generic Programming: International Spring School, SSDGP 2006, Nottingham, UK, April 24–27, 2006, Revised Lectures (Vol. 4719). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Lin, S., & Huang, Z. (2016). Systematic Analyses of Substructures. In Z. Huang (Ed.), Comparative Design of Structures: Concepts and Methodologies (pp. 115–199). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

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 EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2015, September 30). NASA Tests Buoyant Rover That Could Explore Europa’s Ocean. IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-tests-buoyant-rover-could-explore-europas-ocean/

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

Government Accountability Office. (1993). Athletic Department Profiles (No. HRD-93-24R). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Alalshaikh, S. A. (2017). Leadership Styles in Saudi Arabian Universities: Comparison Based on Educational Background (Doctoral dissertation). Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

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

Stellin, S. (2013, December 1). For Carry-On Bags, Size Is Just the Beginning. New York Times, p. TR4.

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	EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Abbreviation	EURASIP J. Bioinform. Syst. Biol.
ISSN (online)	1687-4153
Scope	General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Computer Science Applications Computational Mathematics