How to format your references using the IRBM citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IRBM. 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]

Vernes SC. Genome wide identification of fruitless targets suggests a role in upregulating genes important for neural circuit formation. Sci Rep 2014;4:4412.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Ahmed S, Hodgkin J. MRT-2 checkpoint protein is required for germline immortality and telomere replication in C. elegans. Nature 2000;403:159–64.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Loope DB, Rowe CM, Joeckel RM. Annual monsoon rains recorded by Jurassic dunes. Nature 2001;412:64–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Hwang Y-J, Lee E-W, Song J, Kim H-R, Jun Y-C, Hwang K-A. MafK positively regulates NF-κB activity by enhancing CBP-mediated p65 acetylation. Sci Rep 2013;3:3242.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Schumann W. Dynamics of the Bacterial Chromosome. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2006.

An edited book

[1]

López-Gracia ML. Left-Right Asymmetry in Vertebrate Development. vol. 188. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Pradhan JP, Das K. Determinants of Regional Exports. In: Das K, editor. Manufacturing Exports from Indian States: Determinants and Policy Imperatives, New Delhi: Springer India; 2016, p. 45–68.

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 IRBM.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. The 2015 Flu Vaccine – What’s New, Who Should Get It And Why. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/2015-flu-vaccine-what-s-new-who-should-get-it-and-why/ (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. Planning for Education Standards. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Roy R. “Jagoron: Awakening” to Gender in Non Governmental Organizations in Contemporary Bengal. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2013.

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]

Kenigsberg B. This Time Tomorrow. New York Times 2017:C9.

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	IRBM
Abbreviation	IRBM
ISSN (print)	1959-0318
Scope	Biophysics Biomedical Engineering