How to format your references using the Regenerative Therapy citation style

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

Giles J. Diplomats near pact in simmering debate over transgenic foods. Nature 2002;416:252.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Urton G, Brezine CJ. Khipu accounting in ancient Peru. Science 2005;309:1065–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Smith MA, Brandt J, Shadmehr R. Motor disorder in Huntington’s disease begins as a dysfunction in error feedback control. Nature 2000;403:544–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ai W, Xie L, Du Z, Zeng Z, Liu J, Zhang H, et al. A novel graphene-polysulfide anode material for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Sci Rep 2013;3:2341.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chinesta F, Cescotto S, Cueto E, Lorong P. Natural Element Method for the Simulation of Structures and Processes. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Iskra J, editor. Halogenated Heterocycles: Synthesis, Application and Environment. vol. 27. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hbid ML. INTRODUCTION TO HOPF BIFURCATION THEORY FOR DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. In: Arino O, Hbid ML, Dads EA, editors. Delay Differential Equations and Applications, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006, p. 161–91.

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 Regenerative Therapy.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. New Tomato Grows All Night in Fake Light. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-tomato-grows-all-night-fake-light/ (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. Intellectual Property: Federal Enforcement Has Generally Increased, but Assessing Performance Could Strengthen Law Enforcement Efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Roediger E. Relaxation Skills Training for Elementary Aged Children. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University, 2015.

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]

Kelly C. For the Self-Employed, a Year-Round System Will Smooth Tax Time. New York Times 2008:C4.

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	Regenerative Therapy
Abbreviation	Regen. Ther.
ISSN (print)	2352-3204
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