How to format your references using the Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki. 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. Smith C. The silent treatment. Nature. 2003;422:342.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kundu P, Pettersson S. Immunology: Mammalian watchdog targets bacteria. Nature. 2014;512:377–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Labeit A, Peinemann F, Kedir A. Cervical cancer screening service utilisation in UK. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2362.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Albrecht C, Blank K, Lalic-Mülthaler M, Hirler S, Mai T, Gilbert I, et al. DNA: a programmable force sensor. Science. 2003;301:367–70.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lakshminarayana B. Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Turbomachinery. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Escobar PF, Falcone T, editors. Atlas of Single-Port, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery: A Practical Approach in Gynecology. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Traum AZ. Ion and Fluid Dynamics in Hypertension. In: Flynn JT, Ingelfinger JR, Portman RJ, editors. Pediatric Hypertension. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2011. p. 65–73.

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 Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Hubble Captures the Glowing Heart of a Spiral Galaxy [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/hubble-captures-glowing-heart-spiral-galaxy/

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. Air Traffic Control: Weak Computer Security Practices Jeopardize Flight Safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998 May. Report No.: AIMD-98-155.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Rodriguez RM. Experimental Evaluation of Cooling Effectiveness and Water Conservation in a Poultry House Using Flow Blurring Atomizers [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 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. Gregory Mankiw N. A Slippery New Rule for Gauging Fiscal Policy. New York Times. 2015 Feb 28;BU7.

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	Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki
Abbreviation	J. Biol. Res. (Thessalon.)
ISSN (online)	2241-5793
Scope