How to format your references using the Experimental Biomedical Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Experimental Biomedical Research. 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]

Moro-Martin A. A call to those who care about Europe’s science. Nature 2014;514(7521):141.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Kaya M, Higuchi H. Nonlinear elasticity and an 8-nm working stroke of single myosin molecules in myofilaments. Science 2010;329(5992):686–689.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schroeder JI, Kwak JM, Allen GJ. Guard cell abscisic acid signalling and engineering drought hardiness in plants. Nature 2001;410(6826):327–330.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Wu Q-S, Cao M-Q, Zou Y-N, He X-H. Direct and indirect effects of glomalin, mycorrhizal hyphae, and roots on aggregate stability in rhizosphere of trifoliate orange. Sci. Rep. 2014;4:5823.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Mackenzie AFD. Places of Possibility. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Wojtaszek P, ed. Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants. First. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Liu P, Dai G, Fu T, Zeng H, Zhang X. A Lazy EDF Interrupt Scheduling Algorithm for Multiprocessor in Parallel Computing Environment. In: Jin H, Rana OF, Pan Y, Prasanna VK, eds. Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 7th International Conference, ICA3PP 2007, Hangzhou, China, June 11-14, 2007. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007:49–59.

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 Experimental Biomedical Research.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. MDMA Investigated as Treatment for Social Anxiety in Autistic Adults. IFLScience 2015. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/mdma-investigated-treatment-social-anxiety-autistic-adults/. 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. DOD and VA: Systematic Data Sharing Would Help Expedite Servicemembers’ Transition to VA Services. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Perilla JY. Support group for neonatal intensive care families: A grant proposal. 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]

Oestreich JR. Finding the Humanity in ‘St. John.’ New York Times. April 14, 2017:C5.

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	Experimental Biomedical Research
ISSN (online)	2618-6454
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