How to format your references using the Journal of Genetics and Genomics citation style

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

Ahmed, F., 2010. Health: Edible advice. Nature 468, S10-2.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zaki, N., Mora, A., 2014. A comparative analysis of computational approaches and algorithms for protein subcomplex identification. Sci. Rep. 4, 4262.

A journal article with 3 authors

Komatitsch, D., Ritsema, J., Tromp, J., 2002. The spectral-element method, Beowulf computing, and global seismology. Science 298, 1737–1742.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Sikes, H.D., Smalley, J.F., Dudek, S.P., Cook, A.R., Newton, M.D., Chidsey, C.E., Feldberg, S.W., 2001. Rapid electron tunneling through oligophenylenevinylene bridges. Science 291, 1519–1523.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

German Concrete and Construction Cl, 2011. Beispiele zur Bemessung Nach Eurocode 2. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, D-69451 Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Bendich, A., Deckelbaum, R.J. (Eds.), 2005. Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals, Third Edition. ed, Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.

A chapter in an edited book

Kothgassner, O.D., Felnhofer, A., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Gomm, J., Hauk, N., Kastenhofer, E., Kryspin-Exner, I., 2013. Debunking Differences between Younger and Older Adults Using a Collaborative Virtual Environment, in: Anacleto, J.C., Clua, E.W.G., Silva, F.S.C. da, Fels, S., Yang, H.S. (Eds.), Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2013: 12th International Conference, ICEC 2013, São Paulo, Brazil, October 16-18, 2013. Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 36–47.

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 Genetics and Genomics.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. Curbing Cow Burps Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 1976. Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill in Oregon (No. 092275). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Giuseffi, F.G., 2014. Investigation of the Influence of the Socratic Method on Leadership Skills among JROTC Cadet Leaders at a Military Boarding School (Doctoral dissertation). Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.

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

Kishkovsky, S., 2013. ‘Spring’ Festival as Rite of Refreshment. New York Times AR10.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ahmed, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Ahmed, 2010; Zaki and Mora, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Zaki and Mora, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Sikes et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Genetics and Genomics
Abbreviation	J. Genet. Genomics
ISSN (print)	1673-8527
Scope	Genetics Molecular Biology