How to format your references using the The Breast citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Breast. 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	Download the output style file
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]

Raymond JC. Astronomy. Cosmic-ray acceleration in supernova remnants. Science 2009;325:683–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Goldsby DL, Tullis TE. Flash heating leads to low frictional strength of crustal rocks at earthquake slip rates. Science 2011;334:216–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Hewitt SC, Deroo BJ, Korach KS. Signal transduction. A new mediator for an old hormone? Science 2005;307:1572–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Chowell D, Morris LGT, Grigg CM, Weber JK, Samstein RM, Makarov V, et al. Patient HLA class I genotype influences cancer response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Science 2018;359:582–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Cicek V. Corrosion Engineering and Cathodic Protection Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Tronco T, editor. New Network Architectures: The Path to the Future Internet. vol. 297. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Lindquist S, Westerlund B, Sundblad Y, Tobiasson H, Beaudouin-Lafon M, Mackay W. Co-designing Communication Technology with and for Families – Methods, Experience, Results and Impact. In: Streitz N, Kameas A, Mavrommati I, editors. The Disappearing Computer: Interaction Design, System Infrastructures and Applications for Smart Environments, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007, p. 99–119.

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 The Breast.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Giant Stars Form The Same Way As Their Smaller Relatives. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/all-stars-form-alike/ (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. Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Transformation and Issues Associated with Midterm Implementation of Capabilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Becker M. Women’s Descriptions Six Months Post Notification of Positive BRCA 1/2 Genetic Mutations. Doctoral dissertation. Capella 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]

Wagner J. Magic Brews for Mets in Late Innings, Then Deserts Them Yet Again. New York Times 2017:D3.

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	The Breast
Abbreviation	Breast
ISSN (print)	0960-9776
Scope	General Medicine Surgery