How to format your references using the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal citation style

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

[1]

Bishop DVM. Cerebral asymmetry and language development: cause, correlate, or consequence? Science 2013;340:1230531.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Shuler MG, Bear MF. Reward timing in the primary visual cortex. Science 2006;311:1606–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Monteggia LM, Malenka RC, Deisseroth K. Depression: the best way forward. Nature 2014;515:200–1.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Fares MA, Ruiz-González MX, Moya A, Elena SF, Barrio E. Endosymbiotic bacteria: groEL buffers against deleterious mutations. Nature 2002;417:398.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Sokhanvar S, Dargahi J, Najarian S, Arbatani S. Tactile Sensing and Displays. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Exner P. Quantum Waveguides. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chue S, Tan KCD. Multimodality in Problem Solving. In: Tan KCD, Kim M, editors. Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research: Moving Forward, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012, p. 55–71.

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 Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Spectacular Shark Encounters: Fanning’s Close Shave Reminds Us We Share The Ocean. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spectacular-shark-encounters-fanning-s-close-shave-reminds-us-we-share-ocean/ (accessed October 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Use of Federal Employees as Personal Aides to Federal Officials in Selected Departments and Agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Pyzdrowski JE. Experiences of Advisors/Mentors in Developing Leadership Emergence in a Post Conflict, Marginalized Society: A Phenomenological Study. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington 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

[1]

Lipton E, Protess B, Lehren AW. Raft of Potential Conflicts In President’s Appointees. New York Times 2017:A1.

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	Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal
Abbreviation	Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. J.
ISSN (print)	2468-1245
Scope