How to format your references using the Leukemia Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Leukemia Research. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

V.L. Popov, Analytic solution for the limiting shape of profiles due to fretting wear, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 3749.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

L.A. Finney, T.V. O’Halloran, Transition metal speciation in the cell: insights from the chemistry of metal ion receptors, Science 300 (2003) 931–936.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Y.T. Aminetzach, J.M. Macpherson, D.A. Petrov, Pesticide resistance via transposition-mediated adaptive gene truncation in Drosophila, Science 309 (2005) 764–767.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

C.M. Somers, B.E. McCarry, F. Malek, J.S. Quinn, Reduction of particulate air pollution lowers the risk of heritable mutations in mice, Science 304 (2004) 1008–1010.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

[1]

B. Roynette, Penalising Brownian Paths, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M.E. Walsh, M.D. Theodorakakis, S. Backe, Redesigning a Core Function of Schools: A Systemic, Evidence-Based Approach to Student Support, in: H.A. Lawson, D. van Veen (Eds.), Developing Community Schools, Community Learning Centers, Extended-Service Schools and Multi-Service Schools: International Exemplars for Practice, Policy and Research, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016: pp. 127–147.

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 Leukemia Research.

Blog post

[1]

D. Andrew, After Fatality, Autonomous Car Development May Speed Up, IFLScience (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/technology/after-fatality-autonomous-car-development-may-speed-up/ (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, Information Technology Management: SBA Needs to Establish Policies and Procedures for Key IT Processes, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

S. Rayford, A Qualitative Analysis of Mentoring Experiences and Perceptions of Female Students Enrolled in a Doctoral Program in Education at a Midwestern University, Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University, 2014.

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]

M. Pilon, K. Belson, S. Borden, Fourth, New York Times (2014) 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	Leukemia Research
Abbreviation	Leuk. Res.
ISSN (print)	0145-2126
Scope	Cancer Research Hematology Oncology