How to format your references using the Journal of Nanobiotechnology citation style

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

1. Kirshner RP. Astrophysics: Supernova seen through γ-ray eyes. Nature. 2014;512:375–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gaudioso J, Salerno RM. Science and government. Biosecurity and research: minimizing adverse impacts. Science. 2004;304:687.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Jiang D, Zhao L, Clapham DE. Genome-wide RNAi screen identifies Letm1 as a mitochondrial Ca2+/H+ antiporter. Science. 2009;326:144–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chen G, Seki Y, Kimura H, Sakurai S, Yumura M, Hata K, et al. Diameter control of single-walled carbon nanotube forests from 1.3-3.0 nm by arc plasma deposition. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3804.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Yan W. Crop Variety Trials. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Papadopoulou D, editor. Cross-linguistic Variation in Sentence Processing: Evidence from RC Attachment Preferences in Greek. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Flórez Valencia L, Azencot J, Orkisz M. Algorithm for Blood-Vessel Segmentation in 3D Images Based on a Right Generalized Cylinder Model: Application to Carotid Arteries. In: Bolc L, Tadeusiewicz R, Chmielewski LJ, Wojciechowski K, editors. Computer Vision and Graphics: International Conference, ICCVG 2010, Warsaw, Poland, September 20-22, 2010, Proceedings, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 27–34.

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 Nanobiotechnology.

Blog post

1. Hale T. If You HATE It When People Chew Loudly, We Have Good News For You [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/easily-distracted-noise-you-could-be-creative-genius/

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. Maritime Administration: Proceeds from the Sale of Obsolete Vessels Were Accounted for, Allocated, and Disbursed Consistent with Applicable Law. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2017 Feb. Report No.: GAO-17-280.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Prochorchik VL. Increasing infant mental health awareness [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Like Cubs, the Nationals Seek to End a Drought. New York Times. 2016 Oct 13;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 Nanobiotechnology
Abbreviation	J. Nanobiotechnology
ISSN (online)	1477-3155
Scope	Molecular Medicine Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Medicine (miscellaneous) Pharmaceutical Science