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

Berjak P. Global voices of science. Protector of the seeds: seminal reflections from southern Africa. Science 2005; 307:47–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Droser ML, Gehling JG. Synchronous aggregate growth in an abundant new Ediacaran tubular organism. Science 2008; 319:1660–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

Volkov I, Banavar JR, Maritan A. Comment on “Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil.” Science 2006; 313:918; author reply 918.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Loh S-L, Teh C, Muller J, Guccione E, Hong W, Korzh V. Zebrafish yap1 plays a role in differentiation of hair cells in posterior lateral line. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4289.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stacey D. Aeronautical Radio Communication Systems and Networks. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Sun X, Liu A, Chao H-C, Bertino E, editors. Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Sanzana HC, Almonacid A, Mendez EO. Good Practices in Private Parks. Valdivian Coastal Reservation. In: Panosso Netto A, Trigo LGG, editors. Tourism in Latin America: Cases of Success. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. page 85–103.

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

Andrew E. Ecological Engineering: A Breath Of Life For Marine Ecosystems [Internet]. IFLScience2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]; Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/ecological-engineering-breath-life-marine-ecosystems/

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. Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Information on Program Cost and Schedule Changes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Saurage-Altenloh SM. The Measured Influence of Supplier CSR on Brand Performance Expectations in B2B Relationships. 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

Hollander S. Friends and Family Run for 9/11 Victims. New York Times2002; :D6.

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