How to format your references using the Journal of Microbiological Methods citation style

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

Liu, M.C., 2004. Substructure in the circumstellar disk around the young star AU Microscopii. Science 305, 1442–1444.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bowerman, B., O’Rourke, S.M., 2012. Development. Pushing your back into place. Science 336, 984–985.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rhew, R.C., Miller, B.R., Weiss, R.F., 2000. Natural methyl bromide and methyl chloride emissions from coastal salt marshes. Nature 403, 292–295.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Oseki, M., Okubo, K., Kobayashi, A., Ohta, J., Fujioka, H., 2014. Field-effect transistors based on cubic indium nitride. Sci. Rep. 4, 3951.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Godula-Jopek, A., Jehle, W., Wellnitz, J., 2012. Hydrogen Storage Technologies. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Mariani, M.M., Czakon, W., Buhalis, D., Vitouladiti, O. (Eds.), 2016. Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development: Performance, Strategies, and Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan US, New York, NY.

A chapter in an edited book

Djukić, D., Janković, V., Matić, I., Petrović, N., 2011. Solutions, in: Janković, V., Matić, I., Petrović, N. (Eds.), The IMO Compendium: A Collection of Problems Suggested for The International Mathematical Olympiads: 1959-2009 Second Edition, Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 347–790.

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 Microbiological Methods.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. Nobel Scientist Tim Hunt Heavily Criticized For Sexist Remarks [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/nobel-scientist-tim-hunt-heavily-criticized-sexist-remarks/ (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, 1995. Airport Improvement Program: Update of Allocation of Funds and Passenger Facility Charges, 1992-94 (No. RCED-95-225FS). 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

Ponder, K., 2017. Easing Stress by Helping Others: How Corporate Volunteer Programs Impact the Stress of Employees Within an Organization (Doctoral dissertation). Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL.

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

(nyt), S.K., 2002. World Briefing | Europe: Moldova: Opposition Politician Missing. New York Times A6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Liu, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Bowerman and O’Rourke, 2012; Liu, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Bowerman and O’Rourke, 2012)
Three or more authors: (Oseki et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Microbiological Methods
Abbreviation	J. Microbiol. Methods
ISSN (print)	0167-7012
Scope	Molecular Biology Microbiology Microbiology (medical)