How to format your references using the Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression (CRE). 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

Kazlauskas R. Tech.Sight. Modeling--a tool for experimentalists. Science. 2001 Sep 21;293(5538):2277–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Adkins JF, Pasquero C. Ocean science. Deep ocean overturning--then and now. Science. 2004 Nov 12;306(5699):1143–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Baskin A, Sadeghpour HR, Král P. Correlated diskoid-like electronic states. Sci Rep. 2014 Aug 1;4:5913.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Jiao Y, Wickett NJ, Ayyampalayam S, Chanderbali AS, Landherr L, Ralph PE, et al. Ancestral polyploidy in seed plants and angiosperms. Nature. 2011 May 5;473(7345):97–100.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Neuber A, Nuttall T. Diagnostic Techniques in Veterinary Dermatology. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

Summergrad P, Kathol RG, editors. Integrated Care in Psychiatry: Redefining the Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Medical Setting. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. XV, 235 p. 9 illus., 4 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Yang C, Yang G, Gehani A, Yegneswaran V, Tariq D, Gu G. Using Provenance Patterns to Vet Sensitive Behaviors in Android Apps. In: Thuraisingham B, Wang X, Yegneswaran V, editors. Security and Privacy in Communication Networks: 11th EAI International Conference, SecureComm 2015, Dallas, TX, USA, October 26-29, 2015, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 58–77. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering).

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 Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Trapping Light In A “Tornado” Could Have Major Implications. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/trapping-light-tornado-could-have-major-implications/

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. Customs Service Modernization: Strategic Information Management Must Be Improved for National Automation Program to Succeed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 May. Report No.: AIMD-96-57.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sarkissian LN. An examination of course-level factors contributing to student success [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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

McKINLEY JC Jr, Baker AL, Southall A. Grandmother’s Killing Lays Bare Dilemma in Child Welfare Work. New York Times. 2016 Nov 8;A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
ISSN (print)	1045-4403
ISSN (online)	2162-6502
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