How to format your references using the Malaria Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Malaria Journal. 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. Panksepp J. Neuroscience. Feeling the pain of social loss. Science. 2003;302:237–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Meder D, Simons K. Cell biology. Ras on the roundabout. Science. 2005;307:1731–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gustafson JL, Lim D, Miller SJ. Dynamic kinetic resolution of biaryl atropisomers via peptide-catalyzed asymmetric bromination. Science. 2010;328:1251–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Frankland PW, Bontempi B, Talton LE, Kaczmarek L, Silva AJ. The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory. Science. 2004;304:881–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Birinyi L. The Master Trader. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Rahman MS, Nakano S-I, editors. WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation: 6th International Workshop, WALCOM 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 15-17, 2012. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Basu D, Miroshnik V. Chilean Revolution. In: Miroshnik V, editor. Structural Revolution in International Business Architecture: Political Economy: Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. p. 41–9.

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 Malaria Journal.

Blog post

1. Davis J. New Gloves Could Let You Feel In Virtual Reality [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/haptic-gloves-could-let-you-feel-virtual-reality/

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. Air Traffic Control: FAA Needs to Ensure Better Coordination When Approving Air Traffic Control Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Nov. Report No.: GAO-05-11.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Allen RT. Exploring the Lived Experiences of Program Managers Regarding an Automated Logistics Environment [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral 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. Greenhouse L. On Court That Defied Labeling, Kennedy Made the Boldest Mark. New York Times. 2008 Jun 29;A1.

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	Malaria Journal
Abbreviation	Malar. J.
ISSN (online)	1475-2875
Scope	Parasitology Infectious Diseases