How to format your references using the Immuno-Oncology Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Immuno-Oncology Technology. 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]

Spence JCH. Materials science. Oxygen in crystals--seeing is believing. Science 2003;299:839–41.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Bollrath J, Powrie F. Immunology. Feed your Tregs more fiber. Science 2013;341:463–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Luo Y, Yang Y, Chen Z. Self-tuning wireless power transmission scheme based on on-line scattering parameters measurement and two-side power matching. Sci Rep 2014;4:4332.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Trouet V, Esper J, Graham NE, Baker A, Scourse JD, Frank DC. Persistent positive North Atlantic oscillation mode dominated the Medieval Climate Anomaly. Science 2009;324:78–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Box GEP, Luceño A, Paniagua-Quiñones MDC. Statistical Control by Monitoring and Adjustment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Ylirisku S. Designing with video: Focusing the user-centred design process. London: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Johansson J, Hassel H. Modelling, Simulation and Vulnerability Analysis of Interdependent Technical Infrastructures. In: Hokstad P, Utne IB, Vatn J, editors. Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures: A Guideline for Analysis, London: Springer; 2012, p. 49–65.

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 Immuno-Oncology Technology.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. Study Linking “Everyday Chemicals” To Cancer Has Been Completely Misrepresented. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/study-everyday-chemicals-cancer-completely-misrepresented/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Bigeye Bomb: An Evaluation of DOD’s Chemical and Developmental Tests. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Karmacharya B. Population Dynamics of Northern Cardinal and Carolina Wren in an Urban Forest Fragment: Safe Refuge or Ecological Trap? Doctoral dissertation. University of Louisiana, 2015.

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]

Novick SM. Elevating the Humble Wing at Sports Bars. New York Times 2015:LI11.

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	Immuno-Oncology Technology
ISSN (print)	2590-0188
Scope