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. Byrne N. Future outlook. Nature. 2004;429:25.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gagliardi L, Roos BO. Quantum chemical calculations show that the uranium molecule U2 has a quintuple bond. Nature. 2005;433:848–51.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rauzi M, Lenne P-F, Lecuit T. Planar polarized actomyosin contractile flows control epithelial junction remodelling. Nature. 2010;468:1110–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kobayashi T, Komori R, Ishida K, Kino K, Tanuma S-I, Miyazawa H. Tal2 expression is induced by all-trans retinoic acid in P19 cells prior to acquisition of neural fate. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4935.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. George MD, Donley TG, Preshaw PM. Ultrasonic Periodontal Debridement. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Bshouty NH, Gentile C, editors. Learning Theory: 20th Annual Conference on Learning Theory, COLT 2007, San Diego, CA, USA; June 13-15, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Chen J, Chen D, Wang L, Lemon O. An Advanced Learning Environment Aided by Recognition of Multi-modal Social Signals. In: Luo X, Spaniol M, Wang L, Li Q, Nejdl W, Zhang W, editors. Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2010: 9th International Conference, Shanghai, China, December 8-10, 2010 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 41–51.

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. Taub B. Friendship Helps Chimps De-Stress [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/friendship-helps-chimps-de-stress/

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. Information Security: Progress Made, but Federal Aviation Administration Needs to Improve Controls over Air Traffic Control Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005 Aug. Report No.: GAO-05-712.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Carroll WE. Leadership and emotional intelligence: Ability-based and mixed models of emotional intelligence as predictors of leadership performance across manager levels [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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

1. Southall A, White R. Gunman Fires at Moving S.U.V. in Queens, Killing One and Wounding Three Others. New York Times. 2014 Jan 4;A17.

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