How to format your references using the Human Gene Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Gene Therapy (HGT). 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

Butler D. Spiralling costs dog comet mission. Nature 2003;423:372.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zegerman P, Diffley JFX. Phosphorylation of Sld2 and Sld3 by cyclin-dependent kinases promotes DNA replication in budding yeast. Nature 2007;445:281–285.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bonasio R, Tu S, Reinberg D. Molecular signals of epigenetic states. Science 2010;330:612–616.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Sun J, Bonneau C, Cantín A, et al. The ITQ-37 mesoporous chiral zeolite. Nature 2009;458:1154–1157.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

O’Malley C. Bonds Without Borders. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2014.

An edited book

Pombo O, Torres JM, Symons J, et al. (eds). Special Sciences and the Unity of Science. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Neubert BJ, Scharfe W-D. Laser Systems Beam Characteristics, Metrology, and Standards. In: Bachmann F, Loosen P, Poprawe R (eds) High Power Diode Lasers: Technology and Applications. New York, NY: Springer. 2007; pp. 181–213.

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 Gene Therapy.

Blog post

Hale T. Photo Of Pigeon Nest Made Out Of Needles Shared By Vancouver Police. IFLScience Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/photo-of-pigeon-nest-made-out-of-needles-shared-by-vancouver-police/. 2017. Accessed October 30, 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

Government Accountability Office. Mass Transit: FTA Needs to Provide Clear Information and Additional Guidance on the New Starts Ratings Process. GAO-03-701. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. June 23, 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Medlej M. Assessing the Probability of Prototyping Success in Systems Acquisitions (APOPS). Doctoral Dissertation. George Washington University. 2017.

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

Billard M. A Yoga Manifesto. New York Times, April 23, 2010, p. ST1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Gene Therapy
Abbreviation	Hum. Gene Ther.
ISSN (print)	1043-0342
ISSN (online)	1557-7422
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine