How to format your references using the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure citation style

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

Voelkle MC. Social psychology. Comment on “Morality in everyday life.” Science 2015;348:767.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Estrada E, Vargas-Estrada E. How peer pressure shapes consensus, leadership, and innovations in social groups. Sci Rep 2013;3:2905.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Foley S, Tiepolo M, Vannucci R. Growth of early continental crust controlled by melting of amphibolite in subduction zones. Nature 2002;417:837–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Coull JAM, Beggs S, Boudreau D, Boivin D, Tsuda M, Inoue K, et al. BDNF from microglia causes the shift in neuronal anion gradient underlying neuropathic pain. Nature 2005;438:1017–21.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Bajpai P. Environmentally Friendly Production of Pulp and Paper. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Bouguettaya A, Hauswirth M, Liu L, editors. Web Information System Engineering – WISE 2011: 12th International Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 13-14, 2011. Proceedings. vol. 6997. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hall RL. On the Move: Exercise, Leisure Activities, and Midlife Women. In: Muhlbauer V, Chrisler JC, editors. Women Over 50: Psychological Perspectives, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007, p. 79–94.

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 Microscopy and Ultrastructure.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Astronomers Present Sharpest Images Yet Of Gas Cloud Passing Supermassive Black Hole. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-present-sharpest-images-yet-gas-cloud-passing-supermassive-black-hole/ (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. Intercity Passenger Rail: Amtrak Needs to Improve Its Decisionmaking Process for Its Route and Service Proposals. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Liu Y. Analysis on the distinct path in a star interconnection network. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

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]

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Two Killed In Bus Stop Blast. New York Times 2004:A6.

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 Microscopy and Ultrastructure
Abbreviation	J. Microsc. Ultrastruct.
ISSN (print)	2213-879X
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