How to format your references using the Molecular Cytogenetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Molecular Cytogenetics. 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. Heintz N. Biomedicine. Ataxin-1 regulators in the spotlight. Science. 2003;301:59–60.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hopkins R, Rausher MD. Identification of two genes causing reinforcement in the Texas wildflower Phlox drummondii. Nature. 2011;469:411–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Pettinato G, Wen X, Zhang N. Formation of well-defined embryoid bodies from dissociated human induced pluripotent stem cells using microfabricated cell-repellent microwell arrays. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7402.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zitin A, Gorowara A, Squires S, Herrera M, Antonsen TM, Girvan M, et al. Spatially embedded growing small-world networks. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7047.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Kumar V. Mobile Database Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Fioranelli M. Cardiologia dello Sport: Diagnostica e clinica cardiovascolare. Frajese G, editor. Milano: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Holbrow CH, Lloyd JN, Amato JC, Galvez E, Parks ME. Gas Laws. In: Lloyd JN, Amato JC, Galvez E, Parks ME, editors. Modern Introductory Physics. New York, NY: Springer; 2010. p. 83–108.

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 Cytogenetics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Mysterious Ovoid Structure in Martian Meteorite Looks Like A Cell [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/mysterious-ovoid-structure-martian-meteorite-looks-cell/

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. Use of Appropriated Funds as Impact Aid to Educational Agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1973 Aug. Report No.: B-164081.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Hayes ET. Musical improvisation and the creative process [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 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. Kelly T. A Consultant Reports a Flaw In Ebay’s Web Site Security. New York Times. 1999 May 20;G3.

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 Cytogenetics
Abbreviation	Mol. Cytogenet.
ISSN (online)	1755-8166
Scope	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Biochemistry, medical Genetics(clinical)