How to format your references using the Tissue Engineering citation style

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

Schofield, A.J. Physics. Two for the price of one. Science. 315, 945, 2007.

A journal article with 2 authors

Moreira, D., and López-García, P. Comment on “The 1.2-megabase genome sequence of Mimivirus.” Science. 308, 1114; author reply 1114, 2005.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kim, C., Xuong, N.-H., and Taylor, S.S. Crystal structure of a complex between the catalytic and regulatory (RIalpha) subunits of PKA. Science. 307, 690, 2005.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hsu, T.-C., Liu, K.-K., Chang, H.-C., Hwang, E., and Chao, J.-I. Labeling of neuronal differentiation and neuron cells with biocompatible fluorescent nanodiamonds. Sci Rep. 4, 5004, 2014.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Balan, V., and Neagu, M. Jet Single-Time Lagrange Geometry and Its Applications. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

An edited book

Normand, N., Guédon, J., and Autrusseau, F., eds. Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery: 19th IAPR International Conference, DGCI 2016, Nantes, France, April 18-20, 2016. Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Yamamoto, N., Takemoto, M., Hattori, Y., and Hanamura, K. Molecular Basis for the Formation of Lamina-Specific Thalamocortical Projection. In: Erzurumlu, R., Guido, W., and Molnár, Z., eds. Development and Plasticity in Sensory Thalamus and Cortex. Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 79–91, 2006.

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 Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, D. What Happens To Your Gut If You Eat A Gold Pizza? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience, 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/what-happens-to-your-gut-if-you-eat-a-gold-pizza/

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. Active Commuter Rail Agency Service Contracts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 Jul. Report No.: GAO-06-820R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hertzog, L. Development and implementation of a prenatal postpartum depression education program for nurse practitioner students at California State University Long Beach [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach, 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

Koblin, J. The Ratings for ‘Megyn Kelly Today’? Well, There’s Always Tomorrow. New York Times. B2, 2017.

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 Engineering
ISSN (print)	2152-4947
ISSN (online)	2152-4955
Scope

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