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]

Xie T. Tunable polymer multi-shape memory effect. Nature 2010;464:267–70.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Saykally RJ, Wales DJ. Chemistry. Pinning down the water hexamer. Science 2012;336:814–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sakuno T, Tada K, Watanabe Y. Kinetochore geometry defined by cohesion within the centromere. Nature 2009;458:852–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Xu S, Yang Y, Dong L, Qiu W, Yang L, Wang X, et al. Construction and characteristics of an E-cadherin-related three-dimensional suspension growth model of ovarian cancer. Sci Rep 2014;4:5646.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Idelberger K. The World of Footbridges. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Douçot B, Pasquier V, Duplantier B, Rivasseau V, editors. The Quantum Hall Effect: Poincaré Seminar 2004. vol. 45. Basel: Birkhäuser; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Zhao Z, Sun S. 6-DOF Robot Kinematics Analysis and PTP Motion Control Study Based on Matlab. In: Jin D, Lin S, editors. Advances in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering: Volume 1, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012, p. 21–6.

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. 10 Lies You Were Probably Taught In School. IFLScience 2014.

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. FAA Appropriation Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Perantoni EJ. Course design based on the Kolb learning style as it relates to student success in online classes. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University, 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]

Crow K. For New Trump Neighbors, Proximity Breeds Discontent. New York Times 2001:146.

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