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. Glass RI. Brain disorders across the lifespan. Nature. 2015;527:S150.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Discher DE, Eisenberg A. Polymer vesicles. Science. 2002;297:967–73.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bloss TA, Witze ES, Rothman JH. Suppression of CED-3-independent apoptosis by mitochondrial betaNAC in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature. 2003;424:1066–71.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bayer M, Hawrylak P, Hinzer K, Fafard S, Korkusinski M, Wasilewski ZR, et al. Coupling and entangling of quantum states in quantum dot molecules. Science. 2001;291:451–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bakshi AB, Prasanna VK. Architecture-Independent Programming for Wireless Sensor Networks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Gaggioli A. Networked Flow: Towards an Understanding of Creative Networks. Riva G, Milani L, Mazzoni E, editors. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Zhang J, Ma H, Wang X. Green Growth of the Secondary Industry. In: Li X, Pan J, editors. China Green Development Index Report 2011. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 79–103.

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. Taub B. Virus Uses Stolen DNA From Black Widow Spider Venom [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/virus-uses-stolen-dna-from-black-widow-spider-venom/

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. Air Traffic Control: Improvements Needed In FAA’s Management of Acquisitions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 May. Report No.: T-RCED-93-36.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. LeBlanc L. Group home placement for children with serious emotional disturbance: A grant proposal project [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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. Sisario B. You’re a Bot? Rock On. New York Times. 2017 Apr 3;B1.

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