How to format your references using the In Silico Cell and Tissue Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for In Silico Cell and Tissue Science. 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. Service RF. NUCLEAR SCIENCE: DOE Drops Plan to Restart Reactor. Science. 2000;290:1666b–7b.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Leiserson CE, McVinney C. Lifelong learning: Science professors need leadership training. Nature. 2015;523:279–81.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Shuman ES, Barry JF, Demille D. Laser cooling of a diatomic molecule. Nature. 2010;467:820–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Inoue M, Chang L, Hwang J, Chiang S-H, Saltiel AR. The exocyst complex is required for targeting of Glut4 to the plasma membrane by insulin. Nature. 2003;422:629–33.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bitton G. Wastewater Microbiology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Sefa Dei GJ, McDermott M, editors. Politics of Anti-Racism Education: In Search of Strategies for Transformative Learning. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Augustin M. Pharmacoeconomics of Occupational Diseases. In: Rustemeyer T, Elsner P, John S-M, Maibach HI, editors. Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 19–26.

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 In Silico Cell and Tissue Science.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. How Do You Know You’re Not Living In A Computer Simulation? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/how-do-you-know-youre-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation/

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. Aviation Security: Federal Air Marshal Service Is Addressing Challenges of Its Expanded Mission and Workforce, but Additional Actions Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Nov. Report No.: GAO-04-242.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Gunathilaka D. Compliance with dietary restrictions among African American older adults with chronic kidney disease in a nursing home setting [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Grynbaum MM. They’re Like a Sitcom. Really. New York Times. 2017 May 1;C1.

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	In Silico Cell and Tissue Science
Abbreviation	In Silico Cell Tissue Sci.
ISSN (online)	2196-050X
Scope

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