How to format your references using the Standards in Genomic Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Standards in Genomic Sciences. 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. Robinson K. Personal finance. Making the most of a good thing. Science. 2006;313:1456–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Toyoshima C, Nomura H. Structural changes in the calcium pump accompanying the dissociation of calcium. Nature. 2002;418:605–11.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Schröter C, Kosma K, Schultz T. CRASY: mass- or electron-correlated rotational alignment spectroscopy. Science. 2011;333:1011–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Li X, Wang X, Zhang L, Lee S, Dai H. Chemically derived, ultrasmooth graphene nanoribbon semiconductors. Science. 2008;319:1229–32.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Strome TL. Healthcare Analytics for Quality and Performance Improvement. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Glibert PM, Kana TM, editors. Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A Dual Perspective. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Nafz F, Steghöfer J-P, Seebach H, Reif W. Formal Modeling and Verification of Self-* Systems Based on Observer/Controller-Architectures. In: Cámara J, Lemos R de, Ghezzi C, Lopes A, editors. Assurances for Self-Adaptive Systems: Principles, Models, and Techniques. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 80–111.

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 Standards in Genomic Sciences.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Scientists Develop “Thirsty” Nanopore Water Filtration Device. 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. Passenger Facility Charges: Program Implementation and the Potential Effects of Proposed Changes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 May. Report No.: RCED-99-138.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Shafran RF. Leading Organizational Change: A Phenomenological Study of the Nonlinear Strategies Used by Female Leaders in Global Companies [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Hubbard B. Saudi Arabia Detains Critics of Crown Prince. New York Times. 2017 Sep 14;A4.

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	Standards in Genomic Sciences
Abbreviation	Stand. Genomic Sci.
ISSN (online)	1944-3277
Scope	Genetics