How to format your references using the Frontiers in T Cell Biology citation style

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

Wiseman, H. (2015). Quantum physics: Death by experiment for local realism. Nature 526, 649–650.

A journal article with 2 authors

Martin, S. G., and St Johnston, D. (2003). A role for Drosophila LKB1 in anterior-posterior axis formation and epithelial polarity. Nature 421, 379–384.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ye, K., Cong, B., and Ye, D. (2000). The possible subduction of continental material to depths greater than 200 km. Nature 407, 734–736.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Petrovic, P., Kalso, E., Petersson, K. M., and Ingvar, M. (2002). Placebo and opioid analgesia-- imaging a shared neuronal network. Science 295, 1737–1740.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety (2010). A Practical Approach to Hazard Identification for Operations and Maintenance Workers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

David, R. (2010). Discrete, Continuous, and Hybrid Petri Nets., ed. H. Alla. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ruiz-Gálvez, E. F. (2012). “Afghanistan: Why Has Violence Replaced Political Power?,” in Globalization and Human Rights: Challenges and Answers from a European Perspective, eds. J. Ballesteros, E. Fernández Ruiz-Gálvez, and P. Talavera (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands), 75–111.

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 T Cell Biology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2017). Check Out This Cool Footage Of Dust Devils Tearing Across Mars. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/check-out-this-cool-footage-of-dust-devils-tearing-across-mars/ (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 (2011). Next Generation Air Transportation: Collaborative Efforts with European Union Generally Mirror Effective Practices, but Near-Term Challenges Could Delay Implementation. 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

Norman, C. L. (2015). Perceptions of non-traditional programs within Missouri school districts. St. Charles, MO: Lindenwood 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

Shpigel, B. (2016). Jets Look to Restore a Lost Connection. New York Times, SP2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Wiseman, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Martin and St Johnston, 2003; Wiseman, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Martin and St Johnston, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Petrovic et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in T Cell Biology
Abbreviation	Front. Immunol.
ISSN (online)	1664-3224
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