How to format your references using the Transfusion citation style

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

Couzin J. Aging research: is long life in the blood? Science. 2003 Oct 17;302(5644):373–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Davidson AL, Chen J. Structural biology. Flipping lipids: is the third time the charm? Science. 2005 May 13;308(5724):963–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee J, Gross SP, Lee J. Improved network community structure improves function prediction. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2197.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rabani E, Reichman DR, Geissler PL, Brus LE. Drying-mediated self-assembly of nanoparticles. Nature. 2003 Nov 20;426(6964):271–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Adams F, Aizawa K. The Bounds of Cognition. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

Greiner W. Quantum Chromodynamics. Third Revised and Enlarged Edition. Schramm S, Stein E, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. XVI, 554 p. 161 illus.

A chapter in an edited book

Karsten U. Seaweed Acclimation to Salinity and Desiccation Stress. In: Wiencke C, Bischof K, editors. Seaweed Biology: Novel Insights into Ecophysiology, Ecology and Utilization. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 87–107. (Ecological Studies).

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 Transfusion.

Blog post

Andrew E. Solar-Powered Drone Could Fly Nonstop For Five Years [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-powered-drone-could-fly-nonstop-five-years/

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. Federal Air Marshal Service: Actions Taken to Fulfill Core Mission and Address Workforce Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jul. Report No.: GAO-09-903T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Baggio BG. Integrating social software into blended -learning courses: A Delphi study of instructional -design processes [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2008.

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. On the Street of Superlatives. New York Times. 2009 May 10;CY5.

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	Transfusion
Abbreviation	Transfusion
ISSN (print)	0041-1132
ISSN (online)	1537-2995
Scope	Immunology Hematology Immunology and Allergy