How to format your references using the Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy (ETAT). 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

McKinney JC. Astronomy. Probing black hole gravity. Science. 2012;337:916–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kondo T, Hayashi S. Mitotic cell rounding accelerates epithelial invagination. Nature. 2013;494:125–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Plante OJ, Palmacci ER, Seeberger PH. Automated solid-phase synthesis of oligosaccharides. Science. 2001;291:1523–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Reinhardt RL, Khoruts A, Merica R, Zell T, Jenkins MK. Visualizing the generation of memory CD4 T cells in the whole body. Nature. 2001;410:101–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Quinquis A. Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB®. London, UK: ISTE; 2008.

An edited book

Pentikousis K, Agüero R, García-Arranz M, Papavassiliou S, editors. Mobile Networks and Management: Second International ICST Conference, MONAMI 2010, Santander, Spain, September 22-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; vol. 68).

A chapter in an edited book

Hahn HK, Georg M, Peitgen H-O. Fractal Aspects of Three-Dimensional Vascular Constructive Optimization. In: Losa GA, Merlini D, Nonnenmacher TF, Weibel ER, editors. Fractals in Biology and Medicine. Basel: Birkhäuser; 2005. p. 55–66. (Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction).

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 Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy.

Blog post

Andrew E. Good News For The Only Place On Earth where Tigers, Rhinos, Orangutans And Elephants Live Together [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/good-news-only-place-earth-where-tigers-rhinos-orangutans-and-elephants-live/

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. Digital Television Transition: Information on the Implementation of the Converter Box Subsidy Program and Consumer Participation in the Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Sep. Report No.: GAO-08-1181T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hubbard WL. The perceptions of public school administrators toward technology effectiveness and adequacy in curriculum and instruction in the Golden Triangle Public Schools of Mississippi [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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

Vecsey G. Remembering Sócrates, Who Made the Game Beautiful. New York Times. 2011;B14.

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	Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy
ISSN (online)	2692-3114
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