How to format your references using the Tissue Barriers citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Tissue Barriers. 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

Nusse R. Cell signalling: Disarming Wnt. Nature 2015; 519:163–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Roach M, Sauermann H. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Founders and joiners. Science 2015; 348:1200–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Law RM, Matear RJ, Francey RJ. Comment on “Saturation of the southern ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change.” Science 2008; 319:570; author reply 570.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Kettle CJ, Ghazoul J, Ashton PS, Cannon CH, Chong L, Diway B, Faridah E, Harrison R, Hector A, Hollingsworth P, et al. Mass fruiting in Borneo: a missed opportunity. Science 2010; 330:584.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Retherford RD, Choe MK. Statistical Models for Causal Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1993.

An edited book

Douglas K. Life Narratives and Youth Culture: Representation, Agency and Participation. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Marcus DA, Bain PA. Acute Treatment Options for the Lactating Headache Patient. In: Marcus D, editor. Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Practical Guide. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2009. page 101–16.

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 Tissue Barriers.

Blog post

Fang J. Cell-Like Structure Found in Martian Meteorite [Internet]. IFLScience2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]; Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/cell-structure-found-martian-meteorite/

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

Government Accountability Office. International Aviation: DOT Needs More Information to Address U.S. Airlines’ Problems in Doing Business Abroad. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pahuja S. Bandwidth feedback effects on retained movements in young and old adults. 2013;

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

Walsh MW. Bill to Ease Puerto Rico Through $72 Billion Debt Crisis Introduced in House. New York Times2016; :B8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Tissue Barriers
Abbreviation	Tissue Barriers
ISSN (online)	2168-8370
Scope	Biochemistry Cell Biology Histology