How to format your references using the Molecular Diversity citation style

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

Brody H (2011) Influenza. Nature 480:S1

A journal article with 2 authors

Liou JC, Johnson NL (2006) Planetary science. Risks in space from orbiting debris. Science 311:340–341

A journal article with 3 authors

Alle H, Roth A, Geiger JRP (2009) Energy-efficient action potentials in hippocampal mossy fibers. Science 325:1405–1408

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Chen MS, Huber AB, van der Haar ME, et al (2000) Nogo-A is a myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitor and an antigen for monoclonal antibody IN-1. Nature 403:434–439

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Edmonds ME, Foster AVM, Sanders LJ (2008) A Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK

An edited book

Nedjah N, Mourelle L de M, Abraham A (2006) Genetic Systems Programming: Theory and Experiences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Chen P-C, Kim Y-C (2016) Linkages of Cross-Functional Units in Different Types of Subsidiaries. In: Kim Y-C (ed) US Firms’ Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 183–212

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 Diversity.

Blog post

Carpineti A (2016) NASA Photographs Massive Crack In Antarctica Ice Shelf. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-photographs-massive-crack-in-antarctica-ice-shelf/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2006) Mass Transit: Issues Related to Providing Dedicated Funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 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

Clendening RJ (2009) A structured methodology for unifying functional analysis with systems analysis to enhance system behavior knowledge. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Goldstein M, Protess B (2017) Outline Fails to Mention Loophole for the Very Rich. New York Times A19

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 Diversity
Abbreviation	Mol. Divers.
ISSN (print)	1381-1991
ISSN (online)	1573-501X
Scope	Molecular Biology Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Information Systems General Medicine Drug Discovery

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