How to format your references using the Genetic Vaccines and Therapy citation style

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

1. Soloveichik GL. Electrochemistry: Metal-free energy storage. Nature. 2014;505:163–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Brunham LR, Hayden MR. Medicine. Whole-genome sequencing: the new standard of care? Science. 2012;336:1112–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bao H, Lyons JR, Zhou C. Triple oxygen isotope evidence for elevated CO2 levels after a Neoproterozoic glaciation. Nature. 2008;453:504–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Xu H-B, Jiao P-C, Kang B, Deng J-G, Zhang Y. Walkable dual emissions. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2199.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Shynk JJ. Mathematical Foundations for Linear Circuits and Systems in Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

1. Alpuente M, Vidal G, editors. Static Analysis: 15th International Symposium, SAS 2008, Valencia, Spain, July 16-18, 2008. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Erzin AI, Plotnikov RV. Wireless Sensor Network’s Lifetime Maximization Problem in Case of Given Set of Covers. In: Murgante B, Gervasi O, Iglesias A, Taniar D, Apduhan BO, editors. Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2011: International Conference, Santander, Spain, June 20-23, 2011. Proceedings, Part V. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 44–57.

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 Vaccines and Therapy.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Why Does Weed Make You Hungry? IFLScience. 2015. Accessed 30 Oct 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

1. Government Accountability Office. U.S. Economic Aid for the West Bank and Gaza. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Felder Derkacs AD. The role of desmin in the signaling response to mechanical stretch of skeletal muscle. Doctoral dissertation. University of California San Diego; 2010.

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

1. Grynbaum MM. Trump, in Latest Bout With Media, Conjures Physical Fight With a Foe. New York Times. 2017;:A10.

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	Genetic Vaccines and Therapy
ISSN (print)	1479-0556
Scope

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