How to format your references using the Mammalian Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mammalian Biology. 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

Haase, A.T., 2010. Targeting early infection to prevent HIV-1 mucosal transmission. Nature 464, 217–223.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sugarman, J., Siegel, A.W., 2008. Research ethics. When embryonic stem cell lines fail to meet consent standards. Science 322, 379.

A journal article with 3 authors

de Jong, P.W., van Lenteren, J.C., Raak-van den Berg, C.L., 2013. Comment on “Invasive harlequin ladybird carries biological weapons against native competitors.” Science 341, 1342.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Yu, Y., Tong, Q., Li, Z., Tian, J., Wang, Yizhi, Su, F., Wang, Yongsheng, Liu, J., Zhang, Y., 2014. Improved site-specific recombinase-based method to produce selectable marker- and vector-backbone-free transgenic cells. Sci. Rep. 4, 4240.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Barbaroux, P., Attour, A., Schenk, E., 2016. Knowledge Management and Innovation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Saha, D., 2016. Manufacturing Performance Management using SAP OEE: Implementing and Configuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Apress, Berkeley, CA.

A chapter in an edited book

Suh, J.M., Fulginiti, K., 2011. Developing Mathematical Potential in Underrepresented Populations through Problem Solving, Mathematical Discourse and Algebraic Reasoning, in: Sriraman, B., Lee, K.H. (Eds.), The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, pp. 67–79.

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 Mammalian Biology.

Blog post

Hale, T., 2016. The Story Of The Only Confirmed Person To Be Hit By A Meteorite [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/space/the-story-of-the-only-confirmed-person-to-be-hit-by-a-meteorite/ (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, 1964. Comments on NASA’s Expenditure of Appropriated Funds for Parking Spaces (No. B-155372-O.M.). 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

Alalshaikh, S.A., 2017. Leadership Styles in Saudi Arabian Universities: Comparison Based on Educational Background (Doctoral dissertation). Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

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

Feeney, K., 2010. Self-Serve Sundaes. New York Times NJ11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Haase, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Haase, 2010; Sugarman and Siegel, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Sugarman and Siegel, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Yu et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Mammalian Biology
Abbreviation	Mamm. Biol.
ISSN (print)	1616-5047
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics