How to format your references using the Molbank citation style

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

Folkman, J. Retrospective. Jeffrey Isner, 1947-2001. Science 2001, 294, 1670.

A journal article with 2 authors

Davidson, A.L.; Chen, J. Structural Biology. Flipping Lipids: Is the Third Time the Charm? Science 2005, 308, 963–965.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bertotti, B.; Iess, L.; Tortora, P. A Test of General Relativity Using Radio Links with the Cassini Spacecraft. Nature 2003, 425, 374–376.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Li, P.-S.; Lee, I.-L.; Yu, W.-L.; Sun, J.-S.; Jane, W.-N.; Shen, H.-H. A Novel Albumin-Based Tissue Scaffold for Autogenic Tissue Engineering Applications. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5600.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bejan, A. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2016; ISBN 9781119245964.

An edited book

Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications: Third International Conference, WASA 2008, Dallas, TX, USA, October 26-28, 2008. Proceedings; Li, Y., Huynh, D.T., Das, S.K., Du, D.-Z., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008; Vol. 5258; ISBN 9783540885818.

A chapter in an edited book

Schneeweiss, O.; Voleník, K. Analysis of Powder Particles of High Carbon Cast Iron after Air Plasma Spraying. In ISIAME 2008: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ISIAME 2008) held in Budapest, Hungary, 17–22 August 2008; Kuzmann, E., Lázár, K., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009; pp. 39–44 ISBN 9783642013690.

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 Molbank.

Blog post

Hale, T. These Pens Use Ink Made Out Of Recycled Air Pollution Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/these-pens-use-ink-made-out-of-recycled-air-pollution/ (accessed on 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office Transportation Security: TSA Has Made Progress in Implementing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program, but Challenges Remain; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2007;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Guiltinan, E. Characterizing Well Connectivity in Fractured Bedrock Using Periodic Hydraulic Tests. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Cooper, M.; Walsh, M.W. Interest Adds Up to a $1.3 Billion Bill for States. New York Times 2011, 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	Molbank
Abbreviation	Molbank
ISSN (online)	1422-8599
Scope	Biochemistry Organic Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry