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. Smaglik P. Recruiters and industry. Building an intern programme. Nature. 2004;431:384.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Minkov M, Savona V. Automated optimization of photonic crystal slab cavities. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5124.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Loudet JC, Barois P, Poulin P. Colloidal ordering from phase separation in a liquid-crystalline continuous phase. Nature. 2000;407:611–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Schaffitzel C, Oswald M, Berger I, Ishikawa T, Abrahams JP, Koerten HK, et al. Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome. Nature. 2006;444:503–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Rogers EF Jr. Aquinas and the Supreme Court. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Chung KF, Widdicombe J, editors. Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ackerman SJ. Eosinophil Biology in the Pathogenesis of Eosinophilic Disorders. In: Liacouras CA, Markowitz JE, editors. Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2012. p. 39–70.

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. Fang J. Your Anonymous Credit Card Data Can Be Matched Back To You. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Tax Policy: Historical Tax Treatment of INTELSAT and Current Tax Rules for Satellite Corporations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Sep. Report No.: GAO-04-994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mosher L. The relationship between Christian literature and executive leader performance [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2008.

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. Lee L. Hurdy Gurdy Man. New York Times. 2008 Oct 12;ST4.

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