How to format your references using the Public Health Genomics citation style

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

Blanke SR. Cell biology. Expanding functionality within the looking-glass universe. Science. 2009 Sep;325(5947):1505–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jenkins R, Burton AM. 100% accuracy in automatic face recognition. Science. 2008 Jan;319(5862):435.

A journal article with 3 authors

Levayer R, Hauert B, Moreno E. Cell mixing induced by myc is required for competitive tissue invasion and destruction. Nature. 2015 Aug;524(7566):476–80.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Olesen C, Sørensen TL-M, Nielsen RC, Møller JV, Nissen P. Dephosphorylation of the calcium pump coupled to counterion occlusion. Science. 2004 Dec;306(5705):2251–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Davis RA. Demand-Driven Inventory Optimization and Replenishment. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Kontar YA, Santiago-Fandiño V, Takahashi T, editors. Tsunami Events and Lessons Learned: Environmental and Societal Significance. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Alexander TD. The Black Messiah and Black Suffering. In: Clark JE, editor. Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Madonna and Child. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016; pp 77–95.

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 Public Health Genomics.

Blog post

Fang J. Jumping Snails Prevail In Warm, Acidic Waters [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Oct

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. Hydra 70 Rocket: Recent Performance Has Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Turpin-Padberg S. Effects of Elementary Teacher Preparation and Support on Retention. 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

Kelly C. New Design and Décor In Greenburgh Stacks. New York Times. 2008 Dec;WE6.

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	Public Health Genomics
Abbreviation	Public Health Genomics
ISSN (print)	1662-4246
ISSN (online)	1662-8063
Scope	Genetics(clinical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health