How to format your references using the Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy (MAB). 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

Sanchez PA. A smarter way to combat hunger. Nature 2009;458(7235):148.

A journal article with 2 authors

Druzd D, Scheiermann C. Immunology. Some monocytes got rhythm. Science 2013;341(6153):1462–1464.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sahu G, Sukumaran S, Bera AK. Pannexins form gap junctions with electrophysiological and pharmacological properties distinct from connexins. Sci Rep 2014;4:4955.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Hobson JP, Rosenfeldt HM, Barak LS, et al. Role of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor EDG-1 in PDGF-induced cell motility. Science 2001;291(5509):1800–1803.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kulaev IS, Vagabov VM, Kulakovskaya TV. The Biochemistry of Inorganic Polyphosphates. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK; 2005.

An edited book

Managi S. The Economics of Sustainable Development: The Case of India. (Kumar S. ed). Natural Resource Management and Policy. Springer US: New York, NY; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Worden K. Structural Health Monitoring Using Pattern Recognition. In: New Trends in Vibration Based Structural Health Monitoring. (Deraemaeker A, Worden K. eds). CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Springer: Vienna; 2011; pp. 183–246.

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 Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy.

Blog post

Luntz S. Lack of Support When Coming Out Is Biggest Risk For Mental Health, Not Sexual Orientation. IFLScience; 2017. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lack-of-support-when-coming-out-is-biggest-risk-for-mental-health-not-sexual-orientation/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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

Government Accountability Office. Interstate Commerce Commission: Transferring ICC’s Rail Regulatory Responsibilities May Not Achieve Desired Effects. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gandarilla AH. Family Preservation: A Content Analysis of Literature. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA; 2009.

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

Marx L. Two Men Gone Country and Their Dreamgirls. New York Times 2016;ST11.

In-text citations

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

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	Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy
ISSN (online)	2167-9436
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