How to format your references using the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 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

Norman, M. R. (2011). The challenge of unconventional superconductivity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 332(6026), 196–200.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jiang, L.-L., & Perc, M. (2013). Spreading of cooperative behaviour across interdependent groups. Scientific Reports, 3, 2483.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lutz, W., O’Neill, B. C., & Scherbov, S. (2003). Demographics. Europe’s population at a turning point. Science (New York, N.Y.), 299(5615), 1991–1992.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Sun, X., Song, P., Zhang, Y., Liu, C., Xu, W., & Xing, W. (2013). A class of high performance metal-free oxygen reduction electrocatalysts based on cheap carbon blacks. Scientific Reports, 3, 2505.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Srivastava, S. P. (2014). Developments in Lubricant Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Tilkemeier, P. L., Hendel, R. C., Heller, G. V., & Case, J. A. (Eds.). (2016). Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging. Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Cristea, I. A., Stefan, S., David, O., Mogoase, C., & Dobrean, A. (2016). Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (RE&BT) Treatment Protocol for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. In S. Stefan, O. David, C. Mogoase, & A. Dobrean (Eds.), REBT in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adults (pp. 51–67). Springer International Publishing.

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 Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2016, June 5). Good Riddance To Thailand’s Infamous ‘Tiger Temple.’ IFLScience; IFLScience.

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. (1973). Review of Selected Aspects of the Bilingual Education Program (B-164031(1)). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Escobedo, N. L. (2014). A continuing bonds grief support group for Latinas who have lost a child: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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

Nir, S. M., & Surico, J. (2017, October 24). Three Shots and an Officer Down: Gripping Testimony in Queens. New York Times, A21.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Norman, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Jiang & Perc, 2013; Norman, 2011).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Jiang & Perc, 2013)
Three authors: (Lutz et al., 2003)
6 or more authors: (Sun et al., 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
Abbreviation	J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn.
ISSN (print)	0739-1102
ISSN (online)	1538-0254
Scope	Molecular Biology Structural Biology General Medicine