How to format your references using the Mycopathologia citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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. Milburn GJ. Physics. Quantum measurement and control of single spins in diamond. Science. 2010;330:1188–9.
A journal article with 2 authors
1. Gebhardt JCM, Rief M. Biochemistry. Force signaling in biology. Science. 2009;324:1278–80.
A journal article with 3 authors
1. Kartal B, Kuenen JG, van Loosdrecht MCM. Engineering. Sewage treatment with anammox. Science. 2010;328:702–3.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
1. Takano J, Noguchi K, Yasumori M, Kobayashi M, Gajdos Z, Miwa K, et al. Arabidopsis boron transporter for xylem loading. Nature. 2002;420:337–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
1. Ventre D. Information Warfare. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.
An edited book
1. Bilimoria KY, Minami CA, Mahvi DM, editors. Comparative Effectiveness in Surgical Oncology: Key Questions and How to Answer Them. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.
A chapter in an edited book
1. Teichler U, Arimoto A, Cummings WK. Research and Teaching: The Changing Views and Activities of the Academic Profession. In: Arimoto A, Cummings WK, editors. The Changing Academic Profession: Major Findings of a Comparative Survey. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013. p. 117–63.

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 Mycopathologia.

Blog post
1. Andrew E. The March Of The King Crabs: A Warning From Antarctica [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/march-king-crabs-warning-antarctica/

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. Information Technology: DLA Should Strengthen Business Systems Modernization Architecture and Investment Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Jun. Report No.: GAO-01-631.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
1. Wager L. Racial differences in the relationship between child externalizing and corporal punishment: The role of other discipline strategies [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 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
1. MacFARQUHAR N. By Focusing on Syria, Putin Is Catering to an Audience at Home. New York Times. 2015 Sep 27;A14.

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 titleMycopathologia
AbbreviationMycopathologia
ISSN (print)0301-486X
ISSN (online)1573-0832
ScopeAgronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Microbiology
Veterinary (miscalleneous)

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