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. Denrell J. Sociology. Indirect social influence. Science. 2008;321:47–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Schuster-Böckler B, Lehner B. Chromatin organization is a major influence on regional mutation rates in human cancer cells. Nature. 2012;488:504–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Haas JS, Zavala B, Landisman CE. Activity-dependent long-term depression of electrical synapses. Science. 2011;334:389–93.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Imanishi Y, Sato T, Higashi T, Sun W, Okubo S. A network of superconducting gravimeters detects submicrogal coseismic gravity changes. Science. 2004;306:476–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Dickson EFG. Personal Protective Equipment for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Hazards. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Urman RD, Ehrenfeld JM, editors. Physicians’ Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers and Leadership Opportunities. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Orihuela L, Vivas C. $$H_2/H_{\infty }$$ Control for Networked Control Systems with Asynchronous Communication. In: Guinaldo Losada M, Rodríguez Rubio F, Dormido Bencomo S, editors. Asynchronous Control for Networked Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 111–31.

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. Andrew E. Rise And Shine! New Horizons Awakes Ahead Of A Date With Pluto [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/rise-and-shine-new-horizons-awakes-ahead-date-pluto/

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. Consolidation of American Forces Radio and Television Service--Washington and Los Angeles Broadcasting Facilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 May. Report No.: LCD-80-54.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Graham SM. Conditions that Prompt the Migrant Worker Population to Access Pre-Hospital Emergency Care in Place of Health Centers in Qatar [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. Williams J. A Comedian’s Embroidered Life. New York Times. 2016 Dec 21;C4.

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