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. Detrick RS. Seafloor spreading. Portrait of a magma chamber. Nature. 2000;406:578–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Levison HF, Morbidelli A. The formation of the Kuiper belt by the outward transport of bodies during Neptune’s migration. Nature. 2003;426:419–21.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Guilbaud R, Butler IB, Ellam RM. Abiotic pyrite formation produces a large Fe isotope fractionation. Science. 2011;332:1548–51.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Guo L, Liang P, Zhou X, Gao X. Novel mutations and mutation combinations of ryanodine receptor in a chlorantraniliprole resistant population of Plutella xylostella (L.). Sci Rep. 2014;4:6924.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Good PI. A Manager’s Guide to the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Grundy SM, editor. Atlas of Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Syndrome. New York, NY: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sanz AG, Sebastianelli F, Gianturco FA. Following Resonant Compound States after Electron Attachment. In: García Gómez-Tejedor G, Fuss MC, editors. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012. p. 71–86.

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. Carpineti A. Shortlist For Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2016 Competition Announced [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/shortlist-for-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2016-competition-announced/

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. Transportation Security Administration: More Clarity on the Authority of Federal Security Directors Is Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005 Sep. Report No.: GAO-05-935.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Smith JR. The evolving profile of alternative tobacco use in California [Doctoral dissertation]. [La Jolla, CA]: University of California San Diego; 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. Kenigsberg B. A Wilted Period Piece. New York Times. 2017 Sep 1;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	Human Cell
Abbreviation	Hum. Cell
ISSN (online)	1749-0774
Scope	Cancer Research Cell Biology General Medicine