How to format your references using the Frontiers in Genomic Physiology citation style

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

Hassett, J. P. (2006). Chemistry. Dissolved natural organic matter as a microreactor. Science 311, 1723–1724.

A journal article with 2 authors

Marcus, D. M., and Grollman, A. P. (2006). Science and government. Review for NCCAM is overdue. Science 313, 301–302.

A journal article with 3 authors

Moore, S. W., Biais, N., and Sheetz, M. P. (2009). Traction on immobilized netrin-1 is sufficient to reorient axons. Science 325, 166.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hanan, B. B., Blichert-Toft, J., Pyle, D. G., and Christie, D. M. (2004). Contrasting origins of the upper mantle revealed by hafnium and lead isotopes from the Southeast Indian Ridge. Nature 432, 91–94.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kuehni, R. G. (2004). Color. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Bernstein, S., Kähler, U., Sabadini, I., and Sommen, F. eds. (2016). Modern Trends in Hypercomplex Analysis. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Rudolph, J. L. (2011). “Delirium After Cardiac Surgery,” in Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly: Evidence-Based Practice, ed. M. R. Katlic (New York, NY: Springer), 57–66.

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 Genomic Physiology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2015). Russia’s Largest Private Science Funder Shuts Down After Kremlin Labels It A “Foreign Agent.” IFLScience.

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 (2001). FTS 2001: Contract Transition Delays and Their Impact on Program Goals. 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

Newcomb, S. (2009). Reliability of the CVI range: A functional vision assessment for children with cortical visual impairment. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, College Park.

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

Crow, B. Y. K. (2000). In Search of Starry, Starry Nights. New York Times, 143.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Hassett, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Hassett, 2006; Marcus and Grollman, 2006).

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

Two authors: (Marcus and Grollman, 2006)
Three or more authors: (Hanan et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Genomic Physiology
Abbreviation	Front. Physiol.
ISSN (online)	1664-042X
Scope	Physiology Physiology (medical)