How to format your references using the Silence citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Silence. 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. Wang J. Comment on “Crystal structures of translocator protein (TSPO) and mutant mimic of a human polymorphism.” Science. 2015;350:519.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Bell GI, Polonsky KS. Diabetes mellitus and genetically programmed defects in beta-cell function. Nature. 2001;414:788–91.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Caraveo-Frescas JA, Khan MA, Alshareef HN. Polymer ferroelectric field-effect memory device with SnO channel layer exhibits record hole mobility. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5243.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Sun L, Bertke MM, Champion MM, Zhu G, Huber PW, Dovichi NJ. Quantitative proteomics of Xenopus laevis embryos: expression kinetics of nearly 4000 proteins during early development. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4365.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Gostick A, Elton C. Führen mit Möhren. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2006.

An edited book

1. Hakeem KR, Akhtar J, Sabir M, editors. Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Lee J, Cho H, Kim YS. Agile Supply Chain Decision Support System. In: Iyer LS, Power DJ, editors. Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of Business Intelligence and Social Media. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 29–50.

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 Silence.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Mouse Lemurs Reveal Tale Of Madagascar’s Forests. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mouse-lemurs-reveal-tale-of-madagascars-forests/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. National Airspace System: DOT and FAA Actions Will Likely Have a Limited Effect on Reducing Delays during Summer 2008 Travel Season. 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. Hollenbeck JL. The Challenge of U.S. West Coast Earthquake Response: Federal Urban Search and Rescue. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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. Feeney K. A Short Menu of Longtime Favorites. New York Times. 2007;:NJ6.

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	Silence
ISSN (print)	1758-907X
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