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 (HUM). 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Gewin V. Baby blues. Nature 2005;433(7027):780–781.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ito T, Yokoyama S. Two enzymes bound to one transfer RNA assume alternative conformations for consecutive reactions. Nature 2010;467(7315):612–616.

A journal article with 3 authors

Whiten A, Horner V, de Waal FBM. Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees. Nature 2005;437(7059):737–740.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Tang W, Shan B, Zhang H, et al. Heavy metal contamination in the surface sediments of representative limnetic ecosystems in eastern China. Sci Rep 2014;4:7152.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ramirez J. Handbook of Corporate Equity Derivatives and Equity Capital Markets. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; 2011.

An edited book

Puglisi J, (ed). Biophysics and the Challenges of Emerging Threats. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Mohd Rani N, Yusoff MF, Kamaruzaman MF. Theoretical Framework Study on Formgiving Mobile Education Game Design Technology. In: International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research (i-CADER 2014). (Hassan OH, Abidin SZ, Legino R, et al. eds) Springer: Singapore; 2015; pp. 47–52.

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

Carpineti A. A Rare Transit Of Mercury Will Take Place This Monday - Here’s How To Watch It Live. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/rare-transit-mercury-will-happen-monday/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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. Social Security: Restoration of Telephone Access to Local SSA Offices. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pulsifer JE. Learning from the Uighurs: Correcting Inadequate Due Process in Terrorist Financing Sanction Regimes. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University: Washington, DC; 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

Vecsey G. For Coach and His Stars, a Win-Win Situation. New York Times 2011;D6.

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