How to format your references using the Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Hovnanian JS. Let Armenia show why it’s the place for Sesame. Nature. 2000;405(6786):508.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chung HS, Eaton WA. Single-molecule fluorescence probes dynamics of barrier crossing. Nature. 2013;502(7473):685-688.

A journal article with 3 authors

Huxter J, Burgess N, O’Keefe J. Independent rate and temporal coding in hippocampal pyramidal cells. Nature. 2003;425(6960):828-832.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Sen D, Balakrishnan B, Gabriel N, et al. Improved adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 1 and 5 vectors for gene therapy. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1832.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hübschmann HJ. Handbook of GC-MS. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2015.

An edited book

Golland P, Hata N, Barillot C, Hornegger J, Howe R, eds. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2014: 17th International Conference, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-18, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Vol 8674. Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Kurimoto A. Structure and Governance of Networks: Cases of Franchising and Co-operative Chains. In: Hendrikse G, Tuunanen M, Windsperger J, Cliquet G, eds. Strategy and Governance of Networks: Cooperatives, Franchising, and Strategic Alliances. Contributions to Management Science. Physica-Verlag HD; 2008:63-82.

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 Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology.

Blog post

Andrew D. Heart Attack Deaths More Likely At Christmas. IFLScience. December 28, 2016.

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. Air Traffic Control: FAA’s Modernization Investment Management Approach Could Be Strengthened. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Davis PJ. A Comparison of a High and Low -Performing School in the Soroti Catholic Diocese, Uganda, East -Africa. Doctoral dissertation. Northcentral University; 2009.

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

Saslow L. Lawmakers Pass Bill On Affordable Housing. New York Times. June 24, 2007:LI2.

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	Advances in Biomarker Sciences and Technology
ISSN (print)	2543-1064
Scope