How to format your references using the Genetics Selection Evolution citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Genetics Selection Evolution. 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. Ranganathan R. Cell biology. A matter of life or death. Science. 2003;299:1677–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Leeb M, Wutz A. Derivation of haploid embryonic stem cells from mouse embryos. Nature. 2011;479:131–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hastings MG, Jarvis JC, Steig EJ. Anthropogenic impacts on nitrogen isotopes of ice-core nitrate. Science. 2009;324:1288.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Fors Y, Grudd H, Rindby A, Jalilehvand F, Sandström M, Cato I, et al. Sulfur and iron accumulation in three marine-archaeological shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea: the Ghost, the Crown and the Sword. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4222.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Woolson RF, Clarke WR. Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Biomedical Data: Woolson/Statistical. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2002.

An edited book

1. Gelca R. Putnam and Beyond. Andreescu T, editor. New York, NY: Springer US; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Marle F, Vidal L-A. Changing Project Structure to Mitigate Its Complexity. In: Vidal L-A, editor. Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management. London: Springer; 2016. p. 145–203.

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 Genetics Selection Evolution.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Home-Brewed Morphine A Step Closer [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/home-brewed-drugs-step-closer/

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. NASA Procurement: Improving Oversight of Construction Projects at the Langley Research Center. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992 Jul. Report No.: NSIAD-92-230.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Churney K. Drawing and multimodality communication training as an effective treatment option for individuals with nonfluent aphasia [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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. Wagner J. DeGrom Bounces Back in Style, but Cespedes Exits With Soreness. New York Times. 2017 Jun 13;B10.

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	Genetics Selection Evolution
Abbreviation	Genet. Sel. Evol.
ISSN (online)	1297-9686
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Genetics General Medicine