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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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. O’Brien JL. Physics. Precision without entanglement. Science. 2007;318:1393–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Murray AW, Marks D. Can sequencing shed light on cell cycling? Nature. 2001;409:844–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Okada Y, Higuchi H, Hirokawa N. Processivity of the single-headed kinesin KIF1A through biased binding to tubulin. Nature. 2003;424:574–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Mundil R, Ludwig KR, Metcalfe I, Renne PR. Age and timing of the Permian mass extinctions: U/Pb dating of closed-system zircons. Science. 2004;305:1760–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Geng H. Data Center Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2014.

An edited book

1. Olivares-Tirado P. Trends and Factors in Japan’s Long-Term Care Insurance System: Japan’s 10-year Experience. Tamiya N, editor. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Becucci S. New Players in an Old Game: The Sex Market in Italy. In: Siegel D, Nelen H, editors. Organized Crime: Culture, Markets and Policies. New York, NY: Springer; 2008. p. 57–69.

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. Vote For Your Favorite In The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year People’s Choice Award [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/vote-your-favorite-wildlife-photographer-year-peoples-choice-awards/. 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. Intellectual Property: Survey of U.S. Patent Examiners (GAO-16-478SP, June 2016), an E-supplement to GAO-16-479 and GAO-16-490. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Jun. Report No.: GAO-16-478SP.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Hofmann TB. Adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia: A comparison of quality of life issues for those receiving Botox treatment [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral University; 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. Kishkovsky S. A Theater Boom Is Born In Russian Film Industry. New York Times. 1998 Sep 10;C4.

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