How to format your references using the Skeletal Muscle citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Skeletal Muscle. 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. DeWeerdt S. Bacteriology: a caring culture. Nature. 2013;504:S4-5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Ghosh B, Urban MW. Self-repairing oxetane-substituted chitosan polyurethane networks. Science. 2009;323:1458–60.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kennedy MJ, Pevear DR, Hill RJ. Mineral surface control of organic carbon in black shale. Science. 2002;295:657–60.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Flavell SW, Cowan CW, Kim T-K, Greer PL, Lin Y, Paradis S, et al. Activity-dependent regulation of MEF2 transcription factors suppresses excitatory synapse number. Science. 2006;311:1008–12.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Aubrey SB. The Profitable Hobby Farm. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Canelas AML. Investment Strategies Optimization based on a SAX-GA Methodology. Neves RFMF, Horta NCG, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Huang X, Dai L. Chinese Cultural Values in User Experience Design of Kids’ Home Products. In: Rau PLP, editor. Cross-Cultural Design Methods, Practice and Impact: 7th International Conference, CCD 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015, Proceedings, Part I. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 49–57.

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 Skeletal Muscle.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Depression Doesn’t Spread Like A Disease, But Good Moods Do. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Federal Aviation Administration’s Acquisition of the Advanced Automation System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987 May. Report No.: T-IMTEC-87-6.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. McKenzie RA. A correlational study of servant leadership and teacher job satisfaction in a public education institution [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2012.

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. Pilon M. Rare Medal Sweep for the United States. New York Times. 2014 Feb 14;B16.

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	Skeletal Muscle
Abbreviation	Skelet. Muscle
ISSN (online)	2044-5040
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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