How to format your references using the Frontiers in Genitourinary Oncology citation style

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

Silk, J. (2006). Astronomy. A journey through time. Science 313, 925–926.

A journal article with 2 authors

Koppers, A. A. P., and Staudigel, H. (2005). Asynchronous bends in Pacific seamount trails: a case for extensional volcanism? Science 307, 904–907.

A journal article with 3 authors

Benham-Pyle, B. W., Pruitt, B. L., and Nelson, W. J. (2015). Cell adhesion. Mechanical strain induces E-cadherin-dependent Yap1 and β-catenin activation to drive cell cycle entry. Science 348, 1024–1027.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Parker, H. G., Kim, L. V., Sutter, N. B., Carlson, S., Lorentzen, T. D., Malek, T. B., et al. (2004). Genetic structure of the purebred domestic dog. Science 304, 1160–1164.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matloff, R., and Chaillou, J. H. (2013). Nonprofit Investment and Development Solutions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Fleiner, C., and Woodacre, E. eds. (2016). Virtuous or Villainess? The Image of the Royal Mother from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern Era. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US.

A chapter in an edited book

Rowlett, R. S. (2014). “Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of β-Carbonic Anhydrases,” in Carbonic Anhydrase: Mechanism, Regulation, Links to Disease, and Industrial Applications, eds. S. C. Frost and R. McKenna (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands), 53–76.

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 Genitourinary Oncology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015). Why Did SpaceX’s Rocket Explode In The Atmosphere? IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-rocket-explodes-atmosphere/ (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 (2009). Commercial Space Transportation: Development of the Commercial Space Launch Industry Presents Safety Oversight Challenges for FAA and Raises Issues Affecting Federal Roles. 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

Johnson, E. A. (2008). Factors associated with post-stroke depressive symptoms and quality of life. Bloomington, IN: Indiana 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

Ervin, A. (2017). Tales of the Unhinged. New York Times, BR18.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Silk, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Koppers and Staudigel, 2005; Silk, 2006).

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

Two authors: (Koppers and Staudigel, 2005)
Three or more authors: (Parker et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Genitourinary Oncology
Abbreviation	Front. Oncol.
ISSN (online)	2234-943X
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology