How to format your references using the Journal of Ginseng Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Ginseng Research. 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]

Sharon M. Biochemistry. Structural MS pulls its weight. Science 2013;340:1059–60.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Thorogood R, Davies NB. Cuckoos combat socially transmitted defenses of reed warbler hosts with a plumage polymorphism. Science 2012;337:578–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Chien KR, Moretti A, Laugwitz K-L. Development. ES cells to the rescue. Science 2004;306:239–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

van Rossum DB, Patterson RL, Sharma S, Barrow RK, Kornberg M, Gill DL, et al. Phospholipase Cgamma1 controls surface expression of TRPC3 through an intermolecular PH domain. Nature 2005;434:99–104.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Smith CL. Basic Process Measurements. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Eckert C, Katsikas SK, Pernul G, editors. Trust, Privacy, and Security in Digital Business: 11th International Conference, TrustBus 2014, Munich, Germany, September 2-3, 2014. Proceedings. vol. 8647. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Miranda AI, Douglas S. Aerosols in the atmosphere. In: Steyn DG, Rao ST, editors. Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010, p. 427–78.

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 Ginseng Research.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Tiny Sea Monkeys Drive Ocean Currents. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/sea-monkeys-and-friends-can-help-drive-ocean-currents/ (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. [Comments on Senate’s Liability for Special Charges and Taxes Related to Telephone Service]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Pesochinsky N. Effect of Refractive Vision Correction of Myopia and Hyperopia Through Laser Surgery (LASIK & PRK) on Symptoms of Depression, Stress Perception and Self-esteem in Adults (22-55). Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 2019.

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]

Kelly M. G.O.P.’s Young Confrontation Corps. New York Times 1992:A17.

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 Ginseng Research
Abbreviation	J. Ginseng Res.
ISSN (print)	1226-8453
Scope	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) Biotechnology Complementary and alternative medicine