How to format your references using the Biologics in Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biologics in Therapy. 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

1. Pauly D. Obituary: Ransom Aldrich Myers (1952-2007). Nature. 2007;447:160.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sprecher SG, Desplan C. Switch of rhodopsin expression in terminally differentiated Drosophila sensory neurons. Nature. 2008;454:533–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gubbins D, Jones AL, Finlay CC. Fall in Earth’s magnetic field is erratic. Science. 2006;312:900–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Han BW, Herrin BR, Cooper MD, Wilson IA. Antigen recognition by variable lymphocyte receptors. Science. 2008;321:1834–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Morsali A, Hashemi L. Main Group Metal Coordination Polymers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Turnbull J. Pro Linux System Administration. Lieverdink P, Matotek D, editors. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Müller A. MALT Lymphoma: Clinicopathologic Features and Molecular Pathogenesis. In: Wang TC, Fox JG, Giraud AS, editors. The Biology of Gastric Cancers. New York, NY: Springer; 2009. p. 91–133.

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 Biologics in Therapy.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Solar Storms Could Solve Longstanding Paradox Of How Life On Earth Arose [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/solar-storms-could-solve-longstanding-paradox-how-life-earth-arose/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. NASA: Medium Launch Transition Strategy Leverages Ongoing Investments but Is Not Without Risk. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010 Nov. Report No.: GAO-11-107.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Hylton JK. Scatter; Or, A Series or Minor Inconveniences [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2016.

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 C. From Misfit With Blog To Author With Deal. New York Times. 2012 May 6;A31B.

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	Biologics in Therapy
Abbreviation	Biol. Ther.
ISSN (print)	2195-5840
ISSN (online)	2190-9164
Scope