How to format your references using the Transfusion clinique et biologique citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Transfusion clinique et biologique. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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]

Kazilek C. SPORE series winner. Got a question? “Ask A Biologist.” Science 2010;330:1192–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Seelig JD, Jayaraman V. Feature detection and orientation tuning in the Drosophila central complex. Nature 2013;503:262–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Tritsch NX, Ding JB, Sabatini BL. Dopaminergic neurons inhibit striatal output through non-canonical release of GABA. Nature 2012;490:262–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Angers S, Li T, Yi X, MacCoss MJ, Moon RT, Zheng N. Molecular architecture and assembly of the DDB1-CUL4A ubiquitin ligase machinery. Nature 2006;443:590–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ibe OC. Elements of Random Walk and Diffusion Processes. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Okunieff P, Williams J, Chen Y, editors. Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXVI. vol. 566. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Bajd T, Mihelj M, Lenarčič J, Stanovnik A, Munih M. Two-segment robot manipulator. In: Mihelj M, Lenarcic J, Stanovnik A, Munih M, editors. Robotics, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010, p. 33–48.

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 clinique et biologique.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. 11 Key Findings From One Of The Most Comprehensive Reports Ever On The Health Effects Of Marijuana. IFLScience 2017.

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. Revolving Funds: Additional Pricing and Performance Information for FAA and Treasury Funds Could Enhance Agency Decisions on Shared Services. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Saldivar N. Understanding the impact of AB-12 on the child welfare workforce. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Wagner J. Dominican Players Hone Skills With AidOf Broomsticks. New York Times 2017:SP1.

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	Transfusion clinique et biologique
Abbreviation	Transfus. Clin. Biol.
ISSN (print)	1246-7820
Scope	Clinical Biochemistry Biochemistry, medical Hematology