How to format your references using the Genome Integrity citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Genome Integrity. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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. Sita LR. Chemistry. Tin takes ethylene on--and off. Science. 2009;325:1631–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. O’Brien TG, Kinnaird MF. Conservation. Caffeine and conservation. Science. 2003;300:587.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Wall DH, Nielsen UN, Six J. Soil biodiversity and human health. Nature. 2015;528:69–76.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kiers ET, Duhamel M, Beesetty Y, Mensah JA, Franken O, Verbruggen E, et al. Reciprocal rewards stabilize cooperation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Science. 2011;333:880–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Decreusefond L, Moyal P. Stochastic Modeling and Analysis of Telecom Networks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Choi L, Paek Y, Cho S, editors. Advances in Computer Systems Architecture: 12th Asia-Pacific Conference, ACSAC 2007, Seoul, Korea, August 23-25, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Shah O, Marien T. Ureteral and Ureteroenteric Strictures. In: Monga M, editor. Ureteroscopy: Indications, Instrumentation & Technique. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2013. p. 55–72.

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 Genome Integrity.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Extinct Underwater Volcano Teeming With Life Explored By Humans For The First Time. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extinct-underwater-volcano-teeming-with-life-explored-by-humans-for-the-first-time/. 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. Teacher Preparation Programs: Survey of State Entities that Oversee Teacher Preparation Programs (GAO-15-599SP, July 2015), an E-supplement to GAO-15-598. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Farrugia TJ. Abundance, habitat use and movement patterns of the shovelnose guitarfish (Rhinobatus productus) in a restored Southern California estuary. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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. Kelly L. This great man George Sand; Infamous Woman. New York Times. 1977;:International Economic Survey272.

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	Genome Integrity
ISSN (print)	2041-9414
Scope