How to format your references using the Targeted Oncology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Targeted Oncology. 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. Camba R. Start making sense. Nature. 2000;406:461.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Palfrey J, Zittrain J. Information science. Better data for a better Internet. Science. 2011;334:1210–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gore J, Youk H, van Oudenaarden A. Snowdrift game dynamics and facultative cheating in yeast. Nature. 2009;459:253–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Soon F-F, Ng L-M, Zhou XE, West GM, Kovach A, Tan MHE, et al. Molecular mimicry regulates ABA signaling by SnRK2 kinases and PP2C phosphatases. Science. 2012;335:85–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Baban TM. Shallow Foundations. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Fischer-Wolfarth J, Meyer G, editors. Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2014: Smart Systems for Safe, Clean and Automated Vehicles. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Vila C, Estruch A, Siller HR, Abellán JV, Romero F. Workflow Methodology for Collaborative Design and Manufacturing. In: Luo Y, editor. Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering: 4th International Conference, CDVE 2007, Shanghai, China, September 16-20, 2007 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. p. 42–9.

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 Targeted Oncology.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. Check Out This Amazing Footage Of Blue Origin’s Rocket Landing From Space. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Opportunities To Fully Integrate Environmental Research and Development into Developing Energy Technologies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978 Apr. Report No.: EMD-78-43.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Tran A. A psychoeducational program on hoarding within the Vietnamese community: Grant writing proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Santora M. Crash Kills 3 College Students on Medical Mission in Honduras. New York Times. 2016 Jan 15;A23.

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	Targeted Oncology
Abbreviation	Target. Oncol.
ISSN (print)	1776-2596
ISSN (online)	1776-260X
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology Pharmacology (medical)

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