How to format your references using the Electronic Journal of Biotechnology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Electronic Journal of Biotechnology. 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]

Bloodworth A. Resources: Track flows to manage technology-metal supply. Nature 2014;505:19–20.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Brent R, Bruck J. 2020 computing: can computers help to explain biology? Nature 2006;440:416–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sugden A, Smith J, Pennisi E. The future of forests. Science 2008;320:1435.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

del Campo ML, Miles CI, Schroeder FC, Mueller C, Booker R, Renwick JA. Host recognition by the tobacco hornworm is mediated by a host plant compound. Nature 2001;411:186–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Kanel GC. Pathology of Liver Diseases. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Goldstein S, Naglieri JA, editors. Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Translating Science into Practice. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Baker RSJD, Habgood MPJ, Ainsworth SE, Corbett AT. Modeling the Acquisition of Fluent Skill in Educational Action Games. In: Conati C, McCoy K, Paliouras G, editors. User Modeling 2007: 11th International Conference, UM 2007, Corfu, Greece, July 25-29, 2007. Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007, p. 17–26.

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 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Explainer: The Models That Help Us Predict Climate Change. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/explainer-models-help-us-predict-climate-change/ (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. NSF’s Academic Facilities Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

LaVertu DJ. An Exploratory Approach to In-Trinity® for Fall Prevention. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Crow K. Sailors’ Quarters, Once 25 Cents. New York Times 2001:143.

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	Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
Abbreviation	Electron. J. Biotechnol.
ISSN (print)	0717-3458
Scope	Biotechnology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology