How to format your references using the The Nucleus citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Nucleus. 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. Sansom DM. IMMUNOLOGY. Moving CTLA-4 from the trash to recycling. Science. 2015;349:377–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Cowan CA, Henkemeyer M. The SH2/SH3 adaptor Grb4 transduces B-ephrin reverse signals. Nature. 2001;413:174–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gaudelli NM, Long DH, Townsend CA. β-Lactam formation by a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase during antibiotic biosynthesis. Nature. 2015;520:383–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Wheeler MJ, de Graaf BHJ, Hadjiosif N, Perry RM, Poulter NS, Osman K, et al. Identification of the pollen self-incompatibility determinant in Papaver rhoeas. Nature. 2009;459:992–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Grous A. Applied Metrology for Manufacturing Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.

An edited book

1. Vilar R, editor. Recognition of Anions. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Wendler E, Wesch W. Primary Processes of Damage Formation in Semiconductors. In: Wesch W, Wendler E, editors. Ion Beam Modification of Solids: Ion-Solid Interaction and Radiation Damage. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 189–241.

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 Nucleus.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. A Cargo Ship has Finally Docked with the ISS [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/russia-successfully-launches-progress-m-28m-spacecraft-supplies-iss/

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. Space Station: Inadequate Planning and Design Led to Propulsion Module Project Failure. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Jun. Report No.: GAO-01-633.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Grayson N. Development of a preliminary scale of counterproductive experiences in supervision: Attitudes of clinical psychology doctoral students [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2014.

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. McKINLEY JC Jr. No More Tea With Caligula. New York Times. 2017 Oct 20;C1.

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 Nucleus
Abbreviation	Nucleus (Calcutta)
ISSN (print)	0029-568X
ISSN (online)	0976-7975
Scope	Cell Biology Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine