How to format your references using the OncoImmunology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for OncoImmunology. 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. Frommer WB. Biochemistry. CO2mmon sense. Science. 2010;327(5963):275–276.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Galloway LF, Etterson JR. Transgenerational plasticity is adaptive in the wild. Science. 2007;318(5853):1134–1136.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Dong H, Wen B, Melnik R. Relative importance of grain boundaries and size effects in thermal conductivity of nanocrystalline materials. Sci. Rep. 2014;4:7037.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

1. Wu J, Li J, Deng B, Jiang H, Wang Z, Yu M, Li L, Xing C, Li Y. Self-healing of the superhydrophobicity by ironing for the abrasion durable superhydrophobic cotton fabrics. Sci. Rep. 2013;3:2951.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ambaum MHP. Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

1. Kassim TA, editor. Water Pollution: Environmental Impact Assessment of Recycled Wastes on Surface and Ground Waters; Engineering Modeling and Sustainability. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005. (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry).

A chapter in an edited book

1. Timm C. Legitimacy and State-Led Economic Policy in Georgia. In: Brusis M, Ahrens J, Wessel MS, editors. Politics and Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. pp. 97–120.

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 OncoImmunology.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Police Seize Over 3 Tons Of Pangolin Scales In Giant Haul In Thailand. IFLScience. 2017 Feb 3. [accessed October 30, 2018]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/police-seize-over-3-tons-of-pangolin-scales-in-giant-haul-in-thailand/

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. Need for Disclosing Items Developed in Programs Funded Under Federal Grants. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1971. Report No.: 093038.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Baker MC. A descriptive study of the view from the top: Perspectives of experts in continuing medical education [Doctoral dissertation]. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida; 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

1. Vecsey G. One More From The Heart. New York Times. 2011 Dec 16:D1.

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	OncoImmunology
Abbreviation	Oncoimmunology
ISSN (print)	2162-4011
ISSN (online)	2162-402X
Scope	Immunology Immunology and Allergy Oncology