How to format your references using the European Journal of Cell Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Cell Biology. 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

Scheid, J.F., 2015. HIV-specific B cell response in patients with broadly neutralizing serum activity. Science 350, 1175.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chiosis, G., Boneca, I.G., 2001. Selective cleavage of D-Ala-D-Lac by small molecules: re-sensitizing resistant bacteria to vancomycin. Science 293, 1484–1487.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kobayashi, S., Goto-Yamamoto, N., Hirochika, H., 2004. Retrotransposon-induced mutations in grape skin color. Science 304, 982.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Siani, G., Paterne, M., Michel, E., Sulpizio, R., Sbrana, A., Arnold, M., Haddad, G., 2001. Mediterranean Sea surface radiocarbon reservoir age changes since the last glacial maximum. Science 294, 1917–1920.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cann, A.J., 2004. Mathe für Biologen. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Parés, C., Vázquez, C., Coquel, F. (Eds.), 2014. Advances in Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering: Lecture Notes of the XV “Jacques-Louis Lions” Spanish-French School, SEMA SIMAI Springer Series. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Kikuchi, M., Azumi, M., 2015. Collisional Transport in Tokamak, in: Azumi, M. (Ed.), Frontiers in Fusion Research II: Introduction to Modern Tokamak Physics. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 63–114.

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 European Journal of Cell Biology.

Blog post

Andrew, D., 2017. Yes There’s Hope, But Treating Spinal Injuries With Stem Cells Is Not A Reality Yet [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/yes-theres-hope-but-treating-spinal-injuries-with-stem-cells-is-not-a-reality-yet/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 1992. Maritime Administration: Stronger Management Controls Needed Over Vessels in Title XI Custody (No. RCED-92-147). 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

Smith, J., 2012. The work expectations of individuals with developmental disabilities (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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

Kelly, M., 1992. Insult My Mom, Please. New York Times A16.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Scheid, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Chiosis and Boneca, 2001; Scheid, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Chiosis and Boneca, 2001)
Three or more authors: (Siani et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	European Journal of Cell Biology
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Cell Biol.
ISSN (print)	0171-9335
Scope	Cell Biology General Medicine Histology Pathology and Forensic Medicine