How to format your references using the Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics. 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

Pollard TD (2001) Genomics, the cytoskeleton and motility. Nature 409:842–843

A journal article with 2 authors

Smith G, Yard J (2008) Quantum communication with zero-capacity channels. Science 321:1812–1815

A journal article with 3 authors

Martinez F, Goodliffe AM, Taylor B (2001) Metamorphic core complex formation by density inversion and lower-crust extrusion. Nature 411:930–934

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Ahuja G, Bozorg Nia S, Zapilko V, et al (2014) Kappe neurons, a novel population of olfactory sensory neurons. Sci Rep 4:4037

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Recho N (2012) Fracture Mechanics and Crack Growth. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Perrone G, Bruccoleri M, Renna P (2005) Designing and Evaluating Value Added Services in Manufacturing E-Market Places. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

A chapter in an edited book

Narayana Swamy BK, Nagaraju Y (2016) Methodological Issues in Social Science Research for Bioresource Conservation and Livelihood Development Under Global Climate Change. In: Nautiyal S, Schaldach R, Raju KV, et al (eds) Climate Change Challenge (3C) and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building: Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 65–81

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 Micro-Bio Robotics.

Blog post

Fang J (2014) Tricky Take-Offs Kept Pterosaurs From Getting Too Big. In: IFLScience. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2009) NASA: Projects Need More Disciplined Oversight and Management to Address Key Challenges. 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

DeLaney B (2015) Youth center for improving health and wellness. 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

Kolomatsky M (2017) Does a Building’s Age Affect the Rent? New York Times RE2

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 Micro-Bio Robotics
Abbreviation	J. Microbio Robot.
ISSN (print)	2194-6418
ISSN (online)	2194-6426
Scope	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Mechanical Engineering General Materials Science