How to format your references using the Cell and Tissue Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cell and Tissue 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	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

Alonso J-M (2006) Neuroscience. Neurons find strength through synchrony in the brain. Science 312:1604–1605

A journal article with 2 authors

Fekete DM, Noden DM (2013) Developmental biology. A transition in the middle ear. Science 339:1396–1397

A journal article with 3 authors

Erol V, Ozaydin F, Altintas AA (2014) Analysis of entanglement measures and LOCC maximized quantum Fisher information of general two qubit systems. Sci Rep 4:5422

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Trepat X, Deng L, An SS, et al (2007) Universal physical responses to stretch in the living cell. Nature 447:592–595

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bunnell T (2016) From World City to the World in One City. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Scholl HJ, Janssen M, Wimmer MA, et al (eds) (2012) Electronic Government: 11th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2012, Kristiansand, Norway, September 3-6, 2012. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Sarti P, Arese M, Forte E, et al (2012) Mitochondria and Nitric Oxide: Chemistry and Pathophysiology. In: Scatena R, Bottoni P, Giardina B (eds) Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 75–92

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 Cell and Tissue Research.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Wolves, Boar And Other Wildlife Defy Contamination To Make A Comeback At Chernobyl. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/wolves-boar-and-other-wildlife-defy-contamination-make-comeback-chernobyl/. 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

Government Accountability Office (2011) Green Information Technology: Agencies Have Taken Steps to Implement Requirements, but Additional Guidance on Measuring Performance Needed. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Flannery R (2006) Clustering of Cyclic-Nucleotide-Gated Channels in Olfactory Cilia. Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati

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

Baker AL, Santora M, Palmer E (2015) Bronx Baby Thrown Out Window Dies; Mother Is Charged With Murder. New York Times A26

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Alonso 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Alonso 2006; Fekete and Noden 2013).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Fekete and Noden 2013)
Three or more authors: (Trepat et al. 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Cell and Tissue Research
Abbreviation	Cell Tissue Res.
ISSN (print)	0302-766X
ISSN (online)	1432-0878
Scope	Cell Biology Histology Pathology and Forensic Medicine