How to format your references using the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (JCB). 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	Download the output style file
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

Hajduk SL. 2006. Microbiology. Timing the sexual development of parasites. Science 313(5787):626–627.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kagaya K, Takahata M. 2011. Sequential synaptic excitation and inhibition shape readiness discharge for voluntary behavior. Science 332(6027):365–368.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ishii H, Sakurai Y, Maruyama T. 2014. Effect of soccer shoe upper on ball behaviour in curve kicks. Sci Rep 4:6067.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Horjus DL, Nieuwland R, Boateng KB, Schaap MCL, Montfrans GA van, Clark JF, Sturk A, Brewster LM. 2014. Creatine kinase inhibits ADP-induced platelet aggregation. Sci Rep 4:6551.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Knudsen S. 2005. Cancer Diagnostics with DNA Microarrays. Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Watson A, Winbourne P, editors. 2008. New Directions for Situated Cognition in Mathematics Education. Boston, MA:Springer US. XII, 360 p p.

A chapter in an edited book

Lankin PT, Shon PC. 2013. Triad, Yakuza, and Jok-Pok: Asian Gangsters in Cinema. In: Liu J, Hebenton B, Jou S, editors. Handbook of Asian Criminology. New York, NY:Springer. p 65–82.

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 Cellular Biochemistry.

Blog post

Andrew E. 2015. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/state-fear-what-should-we-do-about-sharks-new-south-wales/. 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

Government Accountability Office. 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kong W. 2010.

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

Waldman J. 2017. New York Times.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
ISSN (print)	0730-2312
ISSN (online)	1097-4644
Scope