How to format your references using the Genealogy citation style

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

Schnittman, J.D. Astronomy. The Curious Behavior of the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole. Science 2013, 341, 964–965.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lee, B.H.; Amon, A. Role of Polo-like Kinase CDC5 in Programming Meiosis I Chromosome Segregation. Science 2003, 300, 482–486.

A journal article with 3 authors

Liu, H.; Gao, J.; Zhao, J. From Boron Cluster to Two-Dimensional Boron Sheet on Cu(111) Surface: Growth Mechanism and Hole Formation. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 3238.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Lebreton, A.; Lakisic, G.; Job, V.; Fritsch, L.; Tham, T.N.; Camejo, A.; Matteï, P.-J.; Regnault, B.; Nahori, M.-A.; Cabanes, D.; et al. A Bacterial Protein Targets the BAHD1 Chromatin Complex to Stimulate Type III Interferon Response. Science 2011, 331, 1319–1321.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Patterson, S.J.; Radtke, J.M. Strategic Communications for Nonprofit Organizations; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2009; ISBN 9781118386804.

An edited book

Johnson, G.D. Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition; Patil, G.P., Ed.; Environmental and Ecological Statistics; Springer US: Boston, MA, 2007; Vol. 1; ISBN 9780387376844.

A chapter in an edited book

Parmar, S.S. Maritime Security and Order at Sea in the Indian Ocean Region. In International Order at Sea: How it is challenged. How it is maintained; Bekkevold, J.I., Till, G., Eds.; Palgrave Macmillan UK: London, 2016; pp. 93–113 ISBN 9781137586629.

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 Genealogy.

Blog post

Andrew, E. New Information On Nerve Repair May Bring Hope To Spinal Injury Patients Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-information-nerve-repair-may-bring-hope-spinal-injury-patients/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector-Specific Agencies Need to Better Measure Cybersecurity Progress; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2015;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Umstead, H.G. Determining the Value of Outdoor Adventure Education for Educational Leaders. Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana: Lafayette, LA, 2017.

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

Montague, J. For the Obscure, a Welcome Payday. New York Times 2017, B11.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Genealogy
ISSN (online)	2313-5778
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