How to format your references using the Frontiers in Cancer Endocrinology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Cancer Endocrinology. 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

LeBlanc, L. J. (2014). Atomic physics: Polar exploration. Nature 505, 627–628.

A journal article with 2 authors

May, M., and Brody, H. (2015). Nature Index 2015 Global. Nature 522, S1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Shen, P.-C., Lin, M.-S., and Lin, C.-F. (2014). Environmentally benign technology for efficient warm-white light emission. Sci. Rep. 4, 5307.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Bergles, D. E., Roberts, J. D., Somogyi, P., and Jahr, C. E. (2000). Glutamatergic synapses on oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus. Nature 405, 187–191.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Plantin, J.-C. (2014). Participatory Mapping. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Devonshire-Ellis, C., Jones, S. L., and Ku, E. eds. (2012). The Yangtze River Delta: Business Guide to the Shanghai Region., 5th ed. 2012. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Thakuriah, P., and Geers, D. G. (2013). “Institutional and Policy Factors in ICT-Based Mobility Services,” in Transportation and Information: Trends in Technology and Policy, ed. D. G. Geers (New York, NY: Springer), 73–96.

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 Frontiers in Cancer Endocrinology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015). Five Things I Learned When My Research Went Viral. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/five-things-i-learned-when-my-research-went-viral/ (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

Government Accountability Office (2004). Information Technology: FAA Has Many Investment Management Capabilities in Place, but More Oversight of Operational Systems Is Needed. 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

Munz, J. A. (2017). Assessing the Value of Educational Competencies of Healthcare Leaders and Organizational Factors: A Case Study Analysis. Scottsdale, AZ: Northcentral 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

The following scouting report on the Oakland Athletics was prepared by Tom Kelly, The Manager of The, and with the editorial assistance of Michael Martinez (1988). This Team Flattens Opponents. New York Times, D17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (LeBlanc, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (LeBlanc, 2014; May and Brody, 2015).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (May and Brody, 2015)
Three or more authors: (Bergles et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Cancer Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Front. Endocrinol. (Lausanne)
ISSN (online)	1664-2392
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