How to format your references using the Molecular Endocrinology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Molecular Endocrinology. 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	Download the output style file
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

Broecker WS. Geology. Was the Younger Dryas triggered by a flood? Science 2006;312(5777):1146–1148.

A journal article with 2 authors

Adrain C, Martin SJ. Cell biology. Double knockout blow for caspases. Science 2006;311(5762):785–786.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fan Y, Yu D, Yao Y-G. Tree shrew database (TreeshrewDB): a genomic knowledge base for the Chinese tree shrew. Sci. Rep. 2014;4:7145.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Qi W, Bi J, Zhang X, Wang J, Wang J, Liu P, Li Z, Wu W. Damaging effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on pregnant mice with different pregnancy times. Sci. Rep. 2014;4:4352.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Block T, Eggert H, Kauschke W. Lager im Bauwesen. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2013.

An edited book

Rogova G, Scott P, eds. Fusion Methodologies in Crisis Management: Higher Level Fusion and Decision Making. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Cai S-G, Ouahsine A, Sergent P. Modelling Wave Energy Conversion of a Semi-submerged Heaving Cylinder. In: Ibrahimbegovic A, ed. Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids: Multiscale Analysis, Probability Aspects and Model Reduction. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016:67–79.

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 Endocrinology.

Blog post

Hamilton K. How An Army Of “Super Recognizers” Could Help Spot Criminals And Missing Persons. IFLScience 2016.

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. Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Oversight of Wireless Phone Service. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jordan EA. The semiconductor industry and emerging technologies: A study using a modified Delphi method. 2010.

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

Greenhouse L. Justices Broaden Immunity For Officers. New York Times. January 23, 2008:A16.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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 Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Mol. Endocrinol.
ISSN (print)	0888-8809
ISSN (online)	1944-9917
Scope	Endocrinology Molecular Biology General Medicine