How to format your references using the Transplantation Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Transplantation Research. 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. Marquis RJ. Ecology. Herbivores rule. Science. 2004;305:619–21.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Goedert M, Spillantini MG. A century of Alzheimer’s disease. Science. 2006;314:777–81.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kühlbrandt W, Zeelen J, Dietrich J. Structure, mechanism, and regulation of the Neurospora plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Science. 2002;297:1692–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Gupta S, Collier JS, Palmer-Felgate A, Potter G. Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel. Nature. 2007;448:342–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ramsinghani M. The Business of Venture Capital. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Hughes TL. Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Conduct Disorder at School. Crothers LM, Jimerson SR, editors. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Huber B. The Role of Universities in Society. In: Liu NC, Cheng Y, Wang Q, editors. Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2016. p. 91–9.

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 Transplantation Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Magnetic Levitation Train Could Reach Speeds Of 1,800 Miles Per Hour [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/magnetic-levitation-train-could-reach-speeds-1800-miles-hour/

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. Small Business Administration: Better Planning and Controls Needed for Information Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997 Jun. Report No.: AIMD-97-94.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Large KG. A study of Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System (STARS) approved courses completed at an Alabama community college [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State 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

1. de la MERCED MJ. In Rare Move, K.K.R. Picks Possible Heirs To Founders. New York Times. 2017 Jul 17;B1.

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	Transplantation Research
Abbreviation	Transplant. Res.
ISSN (online)	2047-1440
Scope

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