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

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

Xie T. Physiology. Burn fat, live longer. Science (2008) 322:865–866.

A journal article with 2 authors

Najemnik J, Geisler WS. Optimal eye movement strategies in visual search. Nature (2005) 434:387–391.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wang Z, Chakrabarty D, Kaplan DL. A debris disk around an isolated young neutron star. Nature (2006) 440:772–775.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Diplas P, Dancey CL, Celik AO, Valyrakis M, Greer K, Akar T. The role of impulse on the initiation of particle movement under turbulent flow conditions. Science (2008) 322:717–720.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Summerhayes SD. CDM Regulations 2015 Procedures Manual. Chichester, UK: John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Ltd. (2016).

An edited book

Bimbó K ed. J. Michael Dunn on Information Based Logics. Cham: Springer International Publishing. (2016). XLIII, 436 p. 21 illus p.

A chapter in an edited book

Wilson LA. “Building a Conceptual Framework for Creating New Knowledge Through a Virtual Interdisciplinary Environment Process.,” In: Anandarajan M, editor. e-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2010). p. 65–82

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 Oncology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Unexplained Lower Back Pain? It Could Be Ankylosing Spondylitis. IFLScience (2016)

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. Information Technology: HHS Has Several Investment Management Capabilities in Place, but Needs to Address Key Weaknesses. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. (2005).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Zacher B. The roles of electrode contacts in organic photovoltaics. [Doctoral dissertation]. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona. (2013).

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

Kelly K. Is Anybody Here from Albion, Nebraska ? Is Everybody?; Albion, Nebraska -- Ta Dum! -- Celebrates in Great Plains Style. New York Times (1972)TRAVEL AND RESORTSXX1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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