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

Zahnle, K. Decline and Fall of the Empire. Nature 2001, 412, 209–213.

A journal article with 2 authors

Shin, D.; Cho, K.-H. Recurrent Connections Form a Phase-Locking Neuronal Tuner for Frequency-Dependent Selective Communication. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 2519.

A journal article with 3 authors

Nakamura, K.; Takahashi, Y.; Fujiwara, T. Low-Temperature Excess Heat Capacity in Fresnoite Glass and Crystal. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 6523.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Tang, W.-J.; Yang, Y.-A.; Xu, H.; Shi, J.-B.; Liu, X.-H. Synthesis and Discovery of 18α-GAMG as Anticancer Agent in Vitro and in Vivo via down Expression of Protein P65. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 7106.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bakshi, A.B.; Prasanna, V.K. Architecture-Independent Programming for Wireless Sensor Networks; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2007; ISBN 9780470289303.

An edited book

Secure Smart Embedded Devices, Platforms and Applications; Markantonakis, K., Mayes, K., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2014; ISBN 9781461479147.

A chapter in an edited book

Martin, A.; Monroe, K.R. Identity, Moral Choice, and the Moral Imagination: Is There a Neuroscientific Foundation for Altruism? In Morality, Ethics, and Gifted Minds; Cross, T., Ambrose, D., Eds.; Springer US: Boston, MA, 2009; pp. 73–87 ISBN 9780387893679.

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

Davis, J. Researchers Create Regenerative Tooth Fillings Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-create-regenerative-tooth-fillings/ (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 Analysis of the Energy Research and Development Budget Proposal Process; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1982;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Johnson, D.M. Prison Nursery Programs: Measuring Society’s Perceptions and Support. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 2015.

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

Burfoot, A.; Hirsch, G.A. The Honorable Clan Of the Long-Distance Runner. New York Times 2012, SP11.

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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