How to format your references using the Canine Genetics and Epidemiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canine Genetics and Epidemiology. 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. Goldston D. Beware politicians bearing gifts. Nature. 2009;457:649.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Vinnikov KY, Grody NC. Global warming trend of mean tropospheric temperature observed by satellites. Science. 2003;302:269–72.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Pluth MD, Bergman RG, Raymond KN. Acid catalysis in basic solution: a supramolecular host promotes orthoformate hydrolysis. Science. 2007;316:85–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Adelman ZN, Albritton LM, Boris-Lawrie K, Buchmeier MJ, Cannon P, Cho M, et al. Protect NIH’s DNA advisory committee. Science. 2018;362:409–10.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Nova R. Soil Mechanics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Pavlopoulos K. Mapping Geomorphological Environments. Evelpidou N, Vassilopoulos A, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Afamasaga-Fuata’i K, McPhan G. Concept Maps as Innovative Learning and Assessment Tools in Primary Schools. In: Afamasaga-Fuata’i K, editor. Concept Mapping in Mathematics: Research into Practice. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2009. p. 87–113.

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 Canine Genetics and Epidemiology.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. How We Discovered The ‘Higgs Bison’, Hiding In Plain Sight In Ancient Cave Art [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/how-we-discovered-the-higgs-bison-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-ancient-cave-art/. 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. Information Technology: Investment Oversight and Management Have Improved but Continued Attention Is Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Mar. Report No.: GAO-11-454T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Wu D-MC. Function and regulation of Drosophila myc during wing growth [Doctoral dissertation]. [New York, NY]: Columbia University; 2010.

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. Greenhouse L. Chief Justice Again Calls for a Pay Raise, Though With a Gentler Tone. New York Times. 2008 Jan 1;A14.

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	Canine Genetics and Epidemiology
Abbreviation	Canine Genet. Epidemiol.
ISSN (online)	2052-6687
Scope