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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Gene Therapy Methods. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Dermitzakis ET. Genome-sequencing anniversary. Genome literacy. Science 2011;331(6018):689–690.

A journal article with 2 authors

Toyoshima C, Mizutani T. Crystal structure of the calcium pump with a bound ATP analogue. Nature 2004;430(6999):529–535.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chuck AL, Turner SM, Liss PS. Direct evidence for a marine source of C1 and C2 alkyl nitrates. Science 2002;297(5584):1151–1154.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Fang X, Zhang M, Tang Q, et al. Inhibitory effect of Xenorhabdus nematophila TB on plant pathogens Phytophthora capsici and Botrytis cinerea in vitro and in planta. Sci Rep 2014;4:4300.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Schepers U. RNA Interference in Practice. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, FRG; 2004.

An edited book

Hallin M, Mason DM, Pfeifer D, et al., (eds). Mathematical Statistics and Limit Theorems: Festschrift in Honour of Paul Deheuvels. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Prieur C. Recent Results on Weak Dependence for Causal Sequences. Statistical Applications to Dynamical Systems. In: Dependence in Probability and Statistics. (Bertail P, Soulier P, Doukhan P. eds). Lecture Notes in Statistics Springer: New York, NY; 2006; pp. 87–104.

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 Methods.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. SpaceX Has Released 3 Camera Views Of Its Latest Rocket Barge Landing. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-has-released-3-camera-views-its-latest-barge-landing/ [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. Aviation Security: Efforts to Validate TSA’s Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Challenges. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mohajer R. A Transcendental Approach to John Coltrane: Applying Concepts of Spirituality to Giant Steps into the Cosmos. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA; 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

Kanter J. U.S. Briefs E.U. on Fears Over Laptops on Flights. New York Times 2017;A17.

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 Methods
Abbreviation	Hum. Gene Ther. Methods
ISSN (print)	1946-6536
ISSN (online)	1946-6544
Scope	Genetics Molecular Medicine Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Genetics(clinical) Pharmacology