How to format your references using the Heredity citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Heredity. 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

Blencowe M (2004). Physics. Nanomechanical quantum limits. Science 304: 56–57.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ionescu AM, Riel H (2011). Tunnel field-effect transistors as energy-efficient electronic switches. Nature 479: 329–337.

A journal article with 3 authors

Taylor AH, Allen JI, Clark PA (2002). Extraction of a weak climatic signal by an ecosystem. Nature 416: 629–632.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Xu X, Graeff R, Xie Q, Gamble KL, Mori T, Johnson CH (2009). Comment on ‘The Arabidopsis circadian clock incorporates a cADPR-based feedback loop’. Science 326: 230; author reply 230.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Saadoun AP (2012). Esthetic Soft Tissue Management of Teeth and Implants. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,.: West Sussex, UK.

An edited book

Chou S-Y, Trappey A, Pokojski J, Smith S (Eds.) (2009). Global Perspective for Competitive Enterprise, Economy and Ecology: Proceedings of the 16th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. Springer: London.

A chapter in an edited book

Lipton AM, Marshall CD (2013). Making the Most of the Doctor’s Visit. In: Marshall CD (ed) The Common Sense Guide to Dementia For Clinicians and Caregivers, Springer: New York, NY, pp 43–55.

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 Heredity.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015). Watch This Fascinating Time-Lapse Of Hatching Bees. IFLScience.

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

Government Accountability Office (1985). Weather Satellite Costs Have Increased: Problems Have Occurred in Their Manufacturing Quality Control. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Marroquin Salvador MD (2017). Hypervelocity Impact of Spherical Aluminum 2017-T4 Projectiles on Aluminum 6061-T6 Multi-Layered Sheets. Doctoral dissertation Thesis, Mississippi State University.

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

Marx L (2015). Designing a Lasting Partnership. New York Times: ST13.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Blencowe, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Blencowe, 2004; Ionescu and Riel, 2011).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Ionescu and Riel, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Xu et al., 2009)

About the journal

Full journal title	Heredity
Abbreviation	Heredity (Edinb.)
ISSN (print)	0018-067X
ISSN (online)	1365-2540
Scope	Genetics Genetics(clinical)