How to format your references using the Medicine in Microecology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Medicine in Microecology. 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]

Davidson EH. The sea urchin genome: where will it lead us? Science 2006;314:939–40.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Moore KA, Lemischka IR. Stem cells and their niches. Science 2006;311:1880–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schön JH, Meng H, Bao Z. Field-effect modulation of the conductance of single molecules. Science 2001;294:2138–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Pascual A, Huang K-L, Neveu J, Préat T. Neuroanatomy: brain asymmetry and long-term memory. Nature 2004;427:605–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Shynk JJ. Mathematical Foundations for Linear Circuits and Systems in Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Goemans M, Correa J, editors. Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization: 16th International Conference, IPCO 2013, Valparaíso, Chile, March 18-20, 2013. Proceedings. vol. 7801. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Kim J-E, Bessho M, Koshizuka N, Sakamura K. SaSYS: A Swipe Gesture-Based System for Exploring Urban Environments for the Visually Impaired. In: Memmi G, Blanke U, editors. Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services: 5th International Conference, MobiCASE 2013, Paris, France, November 7-8, 2013, Revised Selected Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014, p. 54–71.

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 Medicine in Microecology.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Small Amount Of Video Gaming Associated With Better Adjusted Youths. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/small-amount-video-gaming-associated-better-adjusted-youths/ (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. Review of the Policies and Procedures of the Office of Education in Administering Contracts Awarded for the Purpose of Studying or Evaluating Educational Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1971.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Boyer GC. Best Practices for Student Success on the ACT. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University, 2012.

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]

Vecsey G. An Obvious Case For Instant Replay. New York Times 2010:D3.

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	Medicine in Microecology
ISSN (print)	2590-0978
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