How to format your references using the Molecular and Cellular Therapies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Molecular and Cellular Therapies. 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. Zülicke U. Applied physics. Ultrasmall wires get excited. Science. 2002;295:810–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Benefit BR, McCrossin ML. EVOLUTION. A window into ape evolution. Science. 2015;350:515–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ganem NJ, Godinho SA, Pellman D. A mechanism linking extra centrosomes to chromosomal instability. Nature. 2009;460:278–82.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. O’Sullivan MC, Sprafke JK, Kondratuk DV, Rinfray C, Claridge TDW, Saywell A, et al. Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring. Nature. 2011;469:72–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Burghardt G, Walls B. Managed Futures for Institutional Investors. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Wong PTP, Wong LCJ, editors. Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kruegel C. Behavioral and Structural Properties of Malicious Code. In: Christodorescu M, Jha S, Maughan D, Song D, Wang C, editors. Malware Detection. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007. p. 63–83.

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 Molecular and Cellular Therapies.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Here Are The Areas In The Us Most Likely To Be Struck In A Nuclear Attack By Russia [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/here-are-the-areas-in-the-us-most-likely-to-be-struck-in-a-nuclear-attack-by-russia/

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. Highway Research: DOT’s Actions to Implement Best Practices for Setting Research Agendas and Evaluating Outcomes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Apr. Report No.: GAO-03-640T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Rodriguez PJ. “Stepping stones”: Empowering mental health patients through connections with significant others: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Kanter J, Castle S. E.U. Leaders Talk Tough on ‘Brexit.’ New York Times. 2016 Dec 6;A8.

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	Molecular and Cellular Therapies
Abbreviation	Mol. Cell. Ther.
ISSN (online)	2052-8426
Scope

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