How to format your references using the Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 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]

Schlessinger J. Common and distinct elements in cellular signaling via EGF and FGF receptors. Science. 2004;306:1506–1507.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Grodzinsky Y, Nelken I. Neuroscience. The neural code that makes us human. Science. 2014;343:978–979.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Chuang Y-C, Wu J-Y, Lin M-F. Electric field dependence of excitation spectra in AB-stacked bilayer graphene. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1368.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Qi B, Hou Z, Li L, et al. Quantum state tomography via linear regression estimation. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3496.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Collier CG. Hydrometeorology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Dalgleish AG, Haefner B, editors. The Link Between Inflammation and Cancer: Wounds that do not heal. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Diop A, Qi Y, Wang Q. An Efficient and Secure Session Key Management Scheme for Cluster Based Wireless Sensors Networks. In: Zu Q, Vargas-Vera M, Hu B, editors. Pervasive Computing and the Networked World: Joint International Conference, ICPCA/SWS 2013, Vina del Mar, Chile, December 5-7, 2013 Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 33–44.

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 Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Bacteria Can Take Up Ancient DNA [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/bacteria-can-take-ancient-dna/.

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. District of Columbia Charter Schools: Criteria for Awarding School Buildings to Charter Schools Needs Additional Transparency. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011. Report No.: GAO-11-263. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Wells JP. A case study of educators’ perceptions of the effects of high -stakes testing and accountability policies on high- and low-poverty middle schools in a Maryland school district [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2010.

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]

Hodara S. Using Their Artistic Vision to Pierce Iran’s Veil. New York Times. 2016 Mar 20;WE7.

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	Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Abbreviation	Expert Rev. Mol. Diagn.
ISSN (print)	1473-7159
ISSN (online)	1744-8352
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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