How to format your references using the European Journal of Cancer citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Cancer. 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]

Boyd P. Ocean science. Ironing out algal issues in the Southern Ocean. Science 2004;304:396–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Rolston SL, Phillips WD. Nonlinear and quantum atom optics. Nature 2002;416:219–24.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Watanabe Y, Martini JE, Ohmoto H. Geochemical evidence for terrestrial ecosystems 2.6 billion years ago. Nature 2000;408:574–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Schäfer T, Maco B, Petfalski E, Tollervey D, Böttcher B, Aebi U, et al. Hrr25-dependent phosphorylation state regulates organization of the pre-40S subunit. Nature 2006;441:651–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Port M. Beyond Booked Solid. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Zhang X. Vehicle Power Management: Modeling, Control and Optimization. London: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ramaekers S, Suissa J. Rights, Needs and Duties. In: Suissa J, editor. The Claims of Parenting: Reasons, Responsibility and Society, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012, p. 99–123.

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 European Journal of Cancer.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Astronomers Reveal Most Detailed Catalog of Milky Way Stars. IFLScience 2014.

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. FCC: Provision of Roaming Services by Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Pryor GL. Effects of a balance-specific exercise program on blood pressure medication usage. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

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]

Hubbard B, Schmitt E. Saudi Official Who Fell From View Is Promoted. New York Times 2017: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	European Journal of Cancer
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Cancer
ISSN (print)	0959-8049
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology