How to format your references using the Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation. 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

Brown, D. (2012). Mutant flu - the view from the newsroom. Nature 485, 7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kaya, M., and Higuchi, H. (2010). Nonlinear elasticity and an 8-nm working stroke of single myosin molecules in myofilaments. Science 329, 686–689.

A journal article with 3 authors

Whitmarsh, R. B., Manatschal, G., and Minshull, T. A. (2001). Evolution of magma-poor continental margins from rifting to seafloor spreading. Nature 413, 150–154.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Maunz, P., Puppe, T., Schuster, I., Syassen, N., Pinkse, P. W. H., and Rempe, G. (2004). Cavity cooling of a single atom. Nature 428, 50–52.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hasslacher, C., and Böhm, S. (2005). Diabetes and the Kidney. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Zerr, B., Jaulin, L., Creuze, V., Debese, N., Quidu, I., Clement, B., et al. eds. (2016). Quantitative Monitoring of the Underwater Environment: Results of the International Marine Science and Technology Event MOQESM´14 in Brest, France. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Watanabe, M. (2008). “Palm Vein Authentication,” in Advances in Biometrics: Sensors, Algorithms and Systems, eds. N. K. Ratha and V. Govindaraju (London: Springer), 75–88.

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 Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2015). What Does The Future Hold For The Polar Bear? IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sea-ice-melts-what-does-future-hold-polar-bear/ (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). Summary Analysis of Federal Commercial Aviation Taxes and Fees. 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

Belletti, A. (2017). Trumpet Practice: Habits and Goals. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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. (2008). Say Cheese At This Deli And You’ll Get 3 Dozen Types. New York Times, NJ11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Brown, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Kaya and Higuchi, 2010; Brown, 2012).

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

Two authors: (Kaya and Higuchi, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Maunz et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation
Abbreviation	Front. Microbiol.
ISSN (online)	1664-302X
Scope	Microbiology Microbiology (medical)