How to format your references using the Oncology Signaling citation style

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

Morlon H. Microbiology. Microbial cooperative warfare. Science. 2012;337(6099):1184-1185.

A journal article with 2 authors

Schwarzkopf DS, Rees G. Neuroscience. Brain activity to rely on? Science. 2010;327(5961):43-44.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kim HJ, Lee JH, Cho JH. Antiferromagnetic Slater insulator phase of Na₂IrO₃. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5253.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lin SC, Hsu MY, Kuan CM, et al. Cotton-based diagnostic devices. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6976.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kampen TU. Low Molecular Weight Organic Semiconductors. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2010.

An edited book

Sepp HR, Embree L, eds. Handbook of Phenomenological Aesthetics. Vol 59. Springer Netherlands; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Radebaugh R. Microscale Heat Transfer at Low Temperatures. In: Kakaç S, Vasiliev LL, Bayazitoğlu Y, Yener Y, eds. Microscale Heat Transfer Fundamentals and Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Microscale Heat Transfer — Fundamentals and Applications in Biological and Microelectromechanical Systems Cesme-Izmir, Turkey 18–30 July 2004. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Springer Netherlands; 2005:93-124.

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 Oncology Signaling.

Blog post

Andrew E. Does Your Beard Really Contain More Poo Than A Toilet? IFLScience. May 7, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/your-beard-does-not-contain-more-poo-toilet/

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. Highway Finance: States’ Expanding Use of Tolling Illustrates Diverse Challenges and Strategies. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jenkins D. Leadership Best Practices for Female Executives in the Information Technology Industry. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University; 2017.

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

Walsh MW. As Puerto Rico Defaults, Eyes Turn to Washington. New York Times. May 3, 2016:B3.

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	Oncology Signaling
ISSN (print)	2542-5633
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