How to format your references using the Immunologic Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Immunologic Research. 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 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. Scott AR. Stem cells: creating a cure-all. Nature. 2014;515:S14-5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Jung H, Karato S. Water-induced fabric transitions in olivine. Science. 2001;293:1460–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Siu ZB, Jalil MBA, Tan SG. Topological state transport in topological insulators under the influence of hexagonal warping and exchange coupling to in-plane magnetizations. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5062.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Didelot G, Molinari F, Tchénio P, Comas D, Milhiet E, Munnich A, et al. Tequila, a neurotrypsin ortholog, regulates long-term memory formation in Drosophila. Science. 2006;313:851–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wang J, Wang Q. Body Area Communications. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

1. Issa T. Sustainable Design: HCI, Usability and Environmental Concerns. 1st ed. 2015. Isaias P, editor. London: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Andersson J. Reaching the World Through Free Licenses and Wikimedia’s Crowdsourced Platforms. In: Ioannides M, Fink E, Moropoulou A, Hagedorn-Saupe M, Fresa A, Liestøl G, et al., editors. Digital Heritage Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 6th International Conference, EuroMed 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 31 – November 5, 2016, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 33–7.

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 Immunologic Research.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Catastrophic Erosion Cut Britain Off From Europe Nearly Half A Million Years Ago [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/catastrophic-erosion-cut-britain-off-from-europe-nearly-half-a-million-years-ago/

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. Telecommunications: FCC Does Not Know if All Required Fees Are Collected. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Aug. Report No.: RCED-99-216.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Woods RA. Missouri Legislator and Administrator Perceptions of Federal Government Involvement in Education [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood University; 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. Feeney K. No ‘Yucks’ Allowed. New York Times. 2008 Aug 17;NJ8.

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	Immunologic Research
Abbreviation	Immunol. Res.
ISSN (print)	0257-277X
ISSN (online)	1559-0755
Scope	Immunology