How to format your references using the Biomaterials Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biomaterials 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 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. Black DE. Climate variability. The rains may be a-comin’. Science. 2002;297:528–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hornby GS, Kurtoglu T. Computer science. Toward a smarter Web. Science. 2009;325:277–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Tomioka K, Yoshimura M, Fukui T. A III-V nanowire channel on silicon for high-performance vertical transistors. Nature. 2012;488:189–92.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Dery H, Dalal P, Cywiński Ł, Sham LJ. Spin-based logic in semiconductors for reconfigurable large-scale circuits. Nature. 2007;447:573–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. van Helvoort H. SDH/SONET Explained in Functional Models. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2006.

An edited book

1. Luft JA, Dubois SL, editors. Newly Hired Teachers of Science: A Better Beginning. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Salbu B. NATO Support to Non-military, Civil Science for Peace and Security. In: Sneve MK, Kiselev MF, editors. Challenges in Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulation of the Nuclear Legacy. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008. p. 19–25.

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 Biomaterials Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Lung Cancer Vaccine Development Regains Hope [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lung-cancer-vaccine-development-regains-hope/. 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. Science Indicators: Improvements Needed in Design, Construction, and Interpretation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979 Sep. Report No.: PAD-79-35.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mills CC. Olfaction and Exhibition: Assessing the Impact of Scent in Museums on Exhibit Engagement, Learning and Empathy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic University; 2017.

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 STEWART; Kelly Stewart is a primatologist at Cambridge University. She has studied the behavior, ecology, Conservation of Mountain. CHRONICLES OF THE PUMPHOUSE GANG. New York Times. 1988 Jan 10;714.

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	Biomaterials Research
Abbreviation	Biomater. Res.
ISSN (online)	2055-7124
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