How to format your references using the Human Cell citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Cell. 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. Havlin S. Epidemiology. Phone infections. Science. 2009;324:1023–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chitwood DH, Timmermans MCP. Small RNAs are on the move. Nature. 2010;467:415–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Catteruccia F, Godfray HCJ, Crisanti A. Impact of genetic manipulation on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. Science. 2003;299:1225–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Otto-Bliesner BL, Marshall SJ, Overpeck JT, Miller GH, Hu A. Simulating Arctic climate warmth and icefield retreat in the last interglaciation. Science. 2006;311:1751–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Heritier S, Cantoni E, Copt S, Victoria-Feser M-P. Robust Methods in Biostatistics: Heritier/Robust Methods in Biostatistics. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2009.

An edited book

1. Cohen A, Porath M, Clarke A, Bai H, Leggo C, Meyer K, editors. Speaking of Teaching…: Inclinations, Inspirations, and Innerworkings. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Khattab A, Perkins D, Bayoumi M. Opportunistic Spectrum Access Challenges in Distributed Cognitive Radio Networks. In: Perkins D, Bayoumi M, editors. Cognitive Radio Networks: From Theory to Practice. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 33–9.

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 Human Cell.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Vera Rubin, Discoverer Of Dark Matter, Has Died Aged 88 [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/vera-rubin-discoverer-of-dark-matter-has-died-aged-88/

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 Technology: Leveraging Best Practices to Help Ensure Successful Major Acquisitions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013 Nov. Report No.: GAO-14-183T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Willis TY. Rare but there: An intersectional exploration of the experiences and outcomes of Black women who studied abroad through community college programs [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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. Cooper M. Spotlight on a Diva, With Bull’s-Eye Precision. New York Times. 2017 May 9;C5.

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	Human Cell
Abbreviation	Hum. Cell
ISSN (online)	1749-0774
Scope	Cancer Research Cell Biology General Medicine