How to format your references using the Onkologie citation style

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

Macilwain C. University cuts show science is far from saved. Nature. 2011 Jan;469(7329):133.

A journal article with 2 authors

Spilianakis CG, Flavell RA. Molecular biology. Managing associations between different chromosomes. Science. 2006 Apr;312(5771):207–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wang S, Hashimoto N, Ohnuki S. Hydrogen-induced change in core structures of {110}[111] edge and {110}[111] screw dislocations in iron. Sci Rep. 2013 Sep;3:2760.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Changela A, Chen K, Xue Y, Holschen J, Outten CE, O’Halloran TV, et al. Molecular basis of metal-ion selectivity and zeptomolar sensitivity by CueR. Science. 2003 Sep;301(5638):1383–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wang Q. Practical Design of Magnetostatic Structure Using Numerical Simulation. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

Barceló JA, Del Castillo F, editors. Simulating Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Bowers C, Cannon-Bowers J, Hussain T. Considering User Knowledge in the Evaluation of Training System Usability. In: Kurosu M, editor. Human Centered Design: First International Conference, HCD 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009; pp 27–30.

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 Onkologie.

Blog post

Fang J. Liquid Metal Reconnects Severed Nerves in Bullfrogs [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 Apr [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/liquid-metal-reconnects-severed-nerves-bullfrogs/

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. School Construction: Sallie Mae Financing Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Garfield-Kabbara JN. Through the Portal of Shame: A Path Toward Self-Love for Fatherless Daughters Living in Patriarchy. 2014

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

Santos F. New Mexico: 2 Students Wounded In Shooting at Middle School. New York Times. 2014 Jan;A16.

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	Onkologie
ISSN (print)	0378-584X
ISSN (online)	1423-0240
Scope