How to format your references using the Familial Cancer citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Familial 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

Barbash DA (2011) Comment on “A test of the snowball theory for the rate of evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.” Science 333:1576; author reply 1576

A journal article with 2 authors

Katan MB, de Roos NM (2003) Public health. Toward evidence-based health claims for foods. Science 299:206–207

A journal article with 3 authors

Taniyasu Y, Kasu M, Makimoto T (2006) An aluminium nitride light-emitting diode with a wavelength of 210 nanometres. Nature 441:325–328

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Li H, Haurigot V, Doyon Y, et al (2011) In vivo genome editing restores haemostasis in a mouse model of haemophilia. Nature 475:217–221

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ziegler M (2012) Geotechnische Nachweise nach EC 7 und DIN 1054. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany

An edited book

Nurse CA, Gonzalez C, Peers C, Prabhakar N (2012) Arterial Chemoreception: From Molecules to Systems. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

A chapter in an edited book

Machuca JA (2013) Challenges for Anthropological Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage. In: Arizpe L, Amescua C (eds) Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Springer International Publishing, Heidelberg, pp 57–69

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 Familial Cancer.

Blog post

Taub B (2016) Computer Algorithm Can Figure Out If You’re Suicidal. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/computer-algorithm-figure-out-if-youre-suicidal/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

Government Accountability Office (1997) FCC: Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, and Competitive Bidding. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cook MM (2017) An Examination of the Proportion of Special Education Students in Single-Parent Homes in Comparison to Regular Education Students in Similar Households. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University

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

Feeney K (2006) QUICK BITE | Peapack; Chocolate And a Touch Of Chic. New York Times 14NJ11

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	Familial Cancer
Abbreviation	Fam. Cancer
ISSN (print)	1389-9600
ISSN (online)	1573-7292
Scope	Cancer Research Genetics Genetics(clinical) Oncology