How to format your references using the Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 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]

R.D. Fields, Neuroscience. Myelin--more than insulation, Science 344 (2014) 264–266.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

C.R. Clapier, B.R. Cairns, Regulation of ISWI involves inhibitory modules antagonized by nucleosomal epitopes, Nature 492 (2012) 280–284.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

K. Yashiro, H. Shiratori, H. Hamada, Haemodynamics determined by a genetic programme govern asymmetric development of the aortic arch, Nature 450 (2007) 285–288.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Q. Jiang, Z. Zhou, L. Wang, C. Yang, J. Wang, T. Wu, L. Song, Mutual modulation between norepinephrine and nitric oxide in haemocytes during the mollusc immune response, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 6963.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

P. Pollak, Fine Chemicals, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2011.

An edited book

[1]

L. Grech, A. Lau, eds., Pharmaceutical Care Issues of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: From Hospital to Community, Springer, Singapore, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

P. Aunio, A. Tapola, R. Mononen, M. Niemivirta, Early Mathematics Skill Development, Low Performance, and Parental Support in the Finnish Context, in: B. Blevins-Knabe, A.M.B. Austin (Eds.), Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016: pp. 51–70.

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 Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry.

Blog post

[1]

T. Hale, The Last Few Quito Rocket Frogs Might Be Wiped Out By Volcano, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/last-few-quito-rocket-frogs-might-be-wiped-out-volcano/ (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, Designation of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Computer Facility as a Federal Scientific Data Processing Center Could Save Millions, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

D.L. Goldstein, Integration of geospatial technologies into K–12 curriculum: An investigation of teacher and student perceptions and student academic achievement, Doctoral dissertation, Florida Atlantic 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]

L. Greenhouse, D.D. Kirkpatrick, Justices Loosen Ad Restrictions In Campaign Law, New York Times (2007) 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	Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Abbreviation	Prog. Histochem. Cytochem.
ISSN (print)	0079-6336
Scope	Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Histology