How to format your references using the Clinical Sarcoma Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Clinical Sarcoma 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. Petherick A. Science masterclass. Nature. 2015;526:S49.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Yu H, Li B. Wavelength-converted wave-guiding in dye-doped polymer nanofibers. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1674.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. McNamara AK, van Keken PE, Karato S-I. Development of anisotropic structure in the Earth’s lower mantle by solid-state convection. Nature. 2002;416:310–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. St-Pierre C, Brochu S, Vanegas JR, Dumont-Lagacé M, Lemieux S, Perreault C. Transcriptome sequencing of neonatal thymic epithelial cells. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1860.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lacalle D. Life in the Financial Markets. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Melmed S, Conn PM, editors. Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles. Second Edition. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Gao Q, Zhang W, Tian F. Transformation to Daily Routine: Reform and Governance. In: Zhang W, Tian F, editors. The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2015. p. 99–133.

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 Clinical Sarcoma Research.

Blog post

1. Carpineti A. Quantum Computing Breakthrough Leads To System Remaining Stable For 10 Times Longer. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Telecommunications: Federal Broadband Deployment Programs and Small Business. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Feb. Report No.: GAO-14-203.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Aramphongphun C. In-mold Coating of Thermoplastic and Composite Parts: Microfluidics and Rheology [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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. Justices to Enter the Debate Over Lethal Injection. New York Times. 2007 Sep 26;A24.

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	Clinical Sarcoma Research
Abbreviation	Clin. Sarcoma Res.
ISSN (online)	2045-3329
Scope