How to format your references using the Herpesviridae citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Herpesviridae. 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. Bender E. Big data in biomedicine. Nature. 2015;527:S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Mjolsness E, DeCoste D. Machine learning for science: state of the art and future prospects. Science. 2001;293:2051–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Luo ZX, Crompton AW, Sun AL. A new mammaliaform from the early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics. Science. 2001;292:1535–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Huberman AD, Wang G-Y, Liets LC, Collins OA, Chapman B, Chalupa LM. Eye-specific retinogeniculate segregation independent of normal neuronal activity. Science. 2003;300:994–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Coe JT. Unlikely Victory: How General Electric Succeeded in the Chemical Industry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2000.

An edited book

1. Hoballah JJ, Scott-Conner Md Carol E, editors. Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery. Second Edition. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ubelaker DH, Montaperto KM. Biomechanical and Remodeling Factors in the Interpretation of Fractures in Juveniles. In: Ross AH, Abel SM, editors. The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic Abuse Investigations. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2011. p. 33–48.

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 Herpesviridae.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Female Stick Insect Produces Anti-Aphrodisiac to Repel Males. IFLScience. 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/female-walking-stick-produces-anti-aphrodisiac-repel-males/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Contemplated Legislation To Provide Telecommunications for the Deaf. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Crooks RH. Analysis Of The XY Spin 1/2 Model In Staggered Field And Networks Of D-Wave Josephson Junctions. Doctoral dissertation. University of North Carolina; 2012.

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. Kishkovsky S. Judges Catch Up, With Some Cramming. New York Times. 2002;:A6.

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	Herpesviridae
ISSN (print)	2042-4280
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