How to format your references using the Transfusion Medicine Reviews citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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]
Check E. Pathogen-tracking questioned. Nature 2002;420:451.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Matthews PGD, Seymour RS. Diving insects boost their buoyancy bubbles. Nature 2006;441:171.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Bartels A, Heinecke D, Diddams SA. 10-GHz self-referenced optical frequency comb. Science 2009;326:681.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Pascal JM, O’Brien PJ, Tomkinson AE, Ellenberger T. Human DNA ligase I completely encircles and partially unwinds nicked DNA. Nature 2004;432:473–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
[1]
Tardu S. Statistical Approach to Wall Turbulence. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.
An edited book
[1]
Marinos L, Askoxylakis I, editors. Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust: First International Conference, HAS 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013. Proceedings. vol. 8030. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Fiengo G, di Gaeta A, Palladino A, Giglio V. Synthesis and Experimental Validation of a Fuel Injection Pressure Controller in a Common Rail System. In: di Gaeta A, Palladino A, Giglio V, editors. Common Rail System for GDI Engines: Modelling, Identification, and Control, London: Springer; 2013, p. 57–78.

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 Medicine Reviews.

Blog post
[1]
Andrew E. Scientists Discover Secret To Butterfly’s Invisible Wings. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/invisible-butterflies/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Education Programs: Information on Major Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary Education Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Hwang YJ. Three Essays on Economics and Risk Perception. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2006.

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]
Kelly M. THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Defends Position on Iraqi War. New York Times 1992:A13.

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 titleTransfusion Medicine Reviews
AbbreviationTransfus. Med. Rev.
ISSN (print)0887-7963
ScopeClinical Biochemistry
Biochemistry, medical
Hematology

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