How to format your references using the Molecular Genetics and Metabolism citation style

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

[1]

E. Asphaug, Adventures in near-Earth object exploration, Science 312 (2006) 1328–1329.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

D.A. Hogan, R. Kolter, Pseudomonas-Candida interactions: an ecological role for virulence factors, Science 296 (2002) 2229–2232.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

E. Postma, S.C. Griffith, R. Brooks, Evolutionary genetics: evolution of mate choice in the wild, Nature 444 (2006) E16; discussion E16-7.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

L. Lens, S. Van Dongen, K. Norris, M. Githiru, E. Matthysen, Avian persistence in fragmented rainforest, Science 298 (2002) 1236–1238.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

M.A. Weinberg, S.J. Froum, The Dentist’s Drug and Prescription Guide, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., West Sussex, UK, 2012.

An edited book

[1]

R. Wolfrum, V. Röben, eds., Legitimacy in International Law, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

L.A. van de Pol, W.M. van der Flier, P. Scheltens, Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction and Dementia, in: G.J. Biessels, J.A. Luchsinger (Eds.), Diabetes and the Brain, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2010: pp. 103–127.

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 Genetics and Metabolism.

Blog post

[1]

J. Fang, Alzheimer’s May Have Evolved Alongside Our Increasing Intelligence, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/brain/alzheimers-may-have-evolved-alongside-our-increasing-intelligence/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, Airport Financing: Compliance With Federal Grant Requirements, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

A.D. Adler, Change in Automatic and Strategic Cognition: An Examination of Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 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]

T. Arango, M.R. Gordon, ISIS Is Routed As Iraqi Forces Reclaim Mosul, New York Times (2017) 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	Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
Abbreviation	Mol. Genet. Metab.
ISSN (print)	1096-7192
Scope	Biochemistry Endocrinology Genetics Molecular Biology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism