How to format your references using the Human Genomics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Genomics. 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

1. Destler B. A new relationship. Nature. 2008;453:853–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Roman J, Palumbi SR. Whales before whaling in the North Atlantic. Science. 2003;301:508–10.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Takano A, Endo T, Yoshihisa T. tRNA actively shuttles between the nucleus and cytosol in yeast. Science. 2005;309:140–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chen L, Hou J, Ye L, Chen Y, Cui J, Tian W, et al. MicroRNA-143 regulates adipogenesis by modulating the MAP2K5-ERK5 signaling. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3819.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Miller JM. Chromatography. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

1. Andreasen T, Yager RR, Bulskov H, Christiansen H, Larsen HL, editors. Flexible Query Answering Systems: 8th International Conference, FQAS 2009, Roskilde, Denmark, October 26-28, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kato N. Role of vitamin B6 in skin health and diseases. In: Preedy VR, editor. Handbook of diet, nutrition and the skin. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers; 2012. p. 58–66.

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 Genomics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Experimental Cholesterol Drug Shows Potential to Fight Breast Cancer. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: National Weather Service Modernization and Weather Satellite Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Mar. Report No.: T-AIMD-00-86.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Davis LV. Oxidation Effects on the Magnetic Properties of Iron Phthalocyanine Thin Films [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Fighter Jet Scrambled To Intercept U.S. Navy Plane. New York Times. 2004 Nov 17;A6.

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 Genomics
Abbreviation	Hum. Genomics
ISSN (online)	1479-7364
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Drug Discovery