How to format your references using the Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology citation style

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

Regalbuto, J. R. (2009). Engineering. Cellulosic biofuels--got gasoline? Science (New York, N.Y.), 325(5942), 822–824.

A journal article with 2 authors

Poole, A., & Penny, D. (2007). Eukaryote evolution: engulfed by speculation. Nature, 447(7147), 913.

A journal article with 3 authors

Reddien, P. W., Cameron, S., & Horvitz, H. R. (2001). Phagocytosis promotes programmed cell death in C. elegans. Nature, 412(6843), 198–202.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Lee, S. H., Choi, J., Kim, H.-D., Choi, H., & Min, B. (2013). Ultrafast refractive index control of a terahertz graphene metamaterial. Scientific reports, 3, 2135.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gray, D. R. J. M., & Al-Ani, D. M. Z. (2011). Temporomandibular Disorders. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Porcu, E., Montero, J., & Schlather, M. (Eds.). (2012). Advances and Challenges in Space-time Modelling of Natural Events (Vol. 207). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

AlSaati, M. F., Thompson, S. R., Desmarchelier, R., & Demey, G. (2014). Meniscal Sutures. In P. Neyret & G. Demey (Eds.), Surgery of the Knee (pp. 23–30). London: Springer.

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 Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, July 17). Why Are Bugs Attracted To light? IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-are-bugs-attracted-light/

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. (1970). Activities of Washington Data Processing Center Statistical Research Service (No. B-167008). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Roche, W. A. (2006). The Structure and Grounding of Epistemic Justification (Doctoral dissertation). Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

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

Bennhold, K., & de la MERCED, M. J. (2017, October 3). Uber Leader, in Visit to London, Appeals to Regain Operating License. New York Times, p. B6.

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	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Abbreviation	Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.
ISSN (print)	0273-2289
ISSN (online)	1559-0291
Scope	Biochemistry Biotechnology Molecular Biology Bioengineering Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology General Medicine