How to format your references using the Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 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

[1]

N. Savage, Proteomics: High-protein research, Nature 527 (2015) S6-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

A. Stechmann, T. Cavalier-Smith, Rooting the eukaryote tree by using a derived gene fusion, Science 297 (2002) 89–91.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

S. Carr, D.E. Heard, M.A. Blitz, Comment on “Atmospheric hydroxyl radical production from electronically excited NO2 and H2O,” Science 324 (2009) 336; author reply 336.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

R. Fernández-Chacón, A. Königstorfer, S.H. Gerber, J. García, M.F. Matos, C.F. Stevens, N. Brose, J. Rizo, C. Rosenmund, T.C. Südhof, Synaptotagmin I functions as a calcium regulator of release probability, Nature 410 (2001) 41–49.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

R. Ansorge, Mathematical Models of Fluiddynamics, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG, 2005.

An edited book

[1]

S. De Haes, Enterprise Governance of Information Technology: Achieving Strategic Alignment and Value, Springer US, Boston, MA, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

C. Devonshire-Ellis, A. Scott, S. Woollard, Due Diligence, in: C. Devonshire-Ellis, A. Scott, S. Woollard (Eds.), Mergers & Acquisitions in China, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011: pp. 37–50.

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 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.

Blog post

[1]

J. Fang, Earth’s First Land Vertebrates Used Their Lungs to Detect Sounds, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/earth-s-first-land-vertebrates-used-their-lungs-detect-sounds/ (accessed October 30, 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, Vocational Education: Opportunity to Prepare for the Future, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

C.C. Mills, Olfaction and Exhibition: Assessing the Impact of Scent in Museums on Exhibit Engagement, Learning and Empathy, Doctoral dissertation, 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]

J. Barron, Age Requirement At Chelsea Art Gallery: Over 60 Only, New York Times (2017) A20.

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	Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Abbreviation	Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
ISSN (print)	0169-2607
Scope	Computer Science Applications Software Health Informatics