How to format your references using the Molecular Oncology citation style

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

Dixit V. Jürg Tschopp (1951-2011). Nature. 2011;472(7343):296.

A journal article with 2 authors

Visscher M, Taylor T. Pressure ulcers in the hospitalized neonate: rates and risk factors. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7429.

A journal article with 3 authors

Attardo A, Fitzgerald JE, Schnitzer MJ. Impermanence of dendritic spines in live adult CA1 hippocampus. Nature. 2015;523(7562):592–596.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lu F, Li S, Jiang Y, Jiang J, Fan H, Lu G, et al. Structure and mechanism of the uracil transporter UraA. Nature. 2011;472(7342):243–246.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Davies G. Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Dingsøyr T, Moe NB, Tonelli R, Counsell S, Gencel C, Petersen K (eds.). Agile Methods. Large-Scale Development, Refactoring, Testing, and Estimation: XP 2014 International Workshops, Rome, Italy, May 26-30, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Wehrheim H. Refinement and Consistency in Component Models with Multiple Views. In: Reussner RH, Stafford JA, Szyperski CA, editors. Architecting Systems with Trustworthy Components: International Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, December 12-17, 2004. Revised Selected Papers. 2006. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. p. 84–102.

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 Oncology.

Blog post

Andrew E. After Pluto There’s Still Plenty Of The Solar System Left To Explore. IFLScience. 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/after-pluto-there-s-still-plenty-solar-system-left-explore/. Accessed 30 October 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. Aviation Safety: FAA Can Better Prepare General Aviation Pilots for Mountain Flying Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Scharf MT. Comparing Student Cumulative Course Grades, Attrition, and Satisfaction in Traditional and Virtual Classroom Environments. 2015.

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

Poniewozik J. White Guys, Grappling With a New Reality. New York Times. 2016;AR115.

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 Oncology
Abbreviation	Mol. Oncol.
ISSN (print)	1574-7891
ISSN (online)	1878-0261
Scope	Cancer Research Genetics Molecular Medicine General Medicine