How to format your references using the Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers (GTMB). 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	Download the output style file
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

Offringa R. Cancer. Cancer Immunotherapy Is More than a Numbers Game. Science 2006;314(5796):68–69.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rohde PP and Dowling JP. QUANTUM OPTICS. The on-Ramp to the All-Optical Quantum Information Processing Highway. Science 2015;349(6249):696.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lohrer AM, Thrush SF and Gibbs MM. Bioturbators Enhance Ecosystem Function through Complex Biogeochemical Interactions. Nature 2004;431(7012):1092–1095.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Peterson BJ, Holmes RM, McClelland JW, et al. Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean. Science 2002;298(5601):2171–2173.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rodriguez J and Bonne D. Stereoselective Multiple Bond-Forming Transformations in Organic Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ; 2015.

An edited book

Aiguier M, Boulanger F, Krob D, et al., (eds). Complex Systems Design & Management: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management CSD&M 2013. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Ahmed S. Application of Geostatistics in Hydrosciences. In: Groundwater: Resource Evaluation, Augmentation, Contamination, Restoration, Modeling and Management. (Thangarajan M. ed) Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2007; pp. 78–111.

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 Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers.

Blog post

Hamilton K. Hacked By Your Fridge: The Internet Of Things Could Spark A New Wave Of Cyber Attacks. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/hacked-by-your-fridge-the-internet-of-things-could-spark-a-new-wave-of-cyber-attacks/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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. Use of Federal Employees as Personal Aides to Federal Officials in Selected Departments and Agencies. 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

Cope JA. Coastal Squeeze of Vegetation Zones in the Los Cerritos Wetlands: The Effect of Sea Level Rise. 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

Lee L. Bathed in the Glow of Splashing Water. New York Times 2013;D3.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Offringa, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Offringa, 2006; Rohde and Dowling, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Rohde and Dowling, 2015)
Three or more authors: (Peterson et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers
ISSN (print)	1945-0265
ISSN (online)	1945-0257
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