How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Human Genetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Human Genetics. 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

Nadeau JH. Genetics. Modifying the message. Science. 2003 Aug 15;301(5635):927–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dubrulle J, Pourquié O. fgf8 mRNA decay establishes a gradient that couples axial elongation to patterning in the vertebrate embryo. Nature. 2004 Jan 29;427(6973):419–22.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hembacher S, Giessibl FJ, Mannhart J. Force microscopy with light-atom probes. Science. 2004 Jul 16;305(5682):380–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cui Y, Wei Q, Park H, Lieber CM. Nanowire nanosensors for highly sensitive and selective detection of biological and chemical species. Science. 2001 Aug 17;293(5533):1289–92.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Arduin PE, Grundstein M, Rosenthal-Sabroux C. Information and Knowledge System. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015.

An edited book

Benth FE, Kholodnyi VA, Laurence P, editors. Quantitative Energy Finance: Modeling, Pricing, and Hedging in Energy and Commodity Markets. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. XVIII, 308 p. 85 illus., 67 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Moniuszko A, Patel D. Practice Test #3: Difficulty Level – Hard. In: Patel D, editor. Nuclear Medicine Technology Study Guide: A Technologist’s Review for Passing Board Exams. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. p. 159–240.

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 Indian Journal of Human Genetics.

Blog post

Fang J. Your Microbes Get Jetlag Too [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/jetlag-disrupts-your-gut-microbes-too/

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

Government Accountability Office. Problems in the Federal Funding of School Bus Driver Training Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977 Apr. Report No.: CED-77-60.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Forget MA. Tumor Angiogenesis is all Tied up in Tie2-Expressing Macrophages [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2012.

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

Brantley B. The Fight to Stay Alive. New York Times. 2017 Jul 25;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	Indian Journal of Human Genetics
Abbreviation	Indian J. Hum. Genet.
ISSN (print)	1998-362X
ISSN (online)	0971-6866
Scope	Genetics Genetics(clinical)