How to format your references using the Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 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. Naccache L. Psychology. Is she conscious? Science. 2006;313:1395–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Klironomos JN, Hart MM. Food-web dynamics. Animal nitrogen swap for plant carbon. Nature. 2001;410:651–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lavine MS, Voss D, Coontz R. A robotic future. Introduction to special issue. Science. 2007;318:1083.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Groh V, Wu J, Yee C, Spies T. Tumour-derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation. Nature. 2002;419:734–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Desai J. Innovation Engine. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Baughman AK, Gao J, Pan J-Y, Petrushin VA, editors. Multimedia Data Mining and Analytics: Disruptive Innovation. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Lee CK. Signal Analysis: Acquisition, Storage, and Analysis of Physiological Signals. In: Ehrenfeld JM, Cannesson M, editors. Monitoring Technologies in Acute Care Environments: A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Monitoring Technology. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 29–33.

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 Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Slowing Down Video Evidence May Make Jurors More Likely To Convict [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/slowing-down-video-evidence-may-make-jurors-more-likely-to-convict/

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. Transportation Infrastructure: Cost and Oversight Issues on Major Highway and Bridge Projects. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002 May. Report No.: GAO-02-702T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Rees CL. A systems-level investigation into the genetic determinants of childhood-onset schizophrenia [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2009.

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. Wagner J. Robles Melts Down at End Of a Strange Mets Loss. New York Times. 2017 Aug 4;B9.

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 Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia
Abbreviation	J. Mammary Gland Biol. Neoplasia
ISSN (print)	1083-3021
ISSN (online)	1573-7039
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology

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