How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Human Genetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Human Genetics. 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

Pain E. Science careers. European programs offer translational training. Science. 2007 Aug 17;317(5840):968–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Grant PR, Grant BR. Evolution of character displacement in Darwin’s finches. Science. 2006 Jul 14;313(5784):224–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Feng Y, Zhang S, Huang X. A robust TALENs system for highly efficient mammalian genome editing. Sci Rep. 2014 Jan 10;4:3632.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Meyer WK, Jamison J, Richter R, Woods SE, Partha R, Kowalczyk A, et al. Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals. Science. 2018 Aug 10;361(6402):591–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ben-Daya M, Kumar U, Murthy DNP. Introduction to Maintenance Engineering. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

McCarty LB. Applied Soil Physical Properties, Drainage, and Irrigation Strategies. Hubbard LR Jr, Quisenberry V, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. XX, 314 p. 153 illus., 125 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Lin CL, Mao C. Role of Sphingolipids in Non-melanoma Skin Cancer. In: Hannun YA, Luberto C, Mao C, Obeid LM, editors. Bioactive Sphingolipids in Cancer Biology and Therapy. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 107–22.

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 Indian Journal of Human Genetics.

Blog post

Luntz S. Cat Takes Stand Against Mountain Lion. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. TQM Implementation at NASA. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Apr. Report No.: GGD-93-28R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jones C. Evolutionary changes in development associated with a transition in larval nutritional mode in spiralians [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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

Lesch DW, Gelvin J. What has Assad won? New York Times. 2017 Jan 11;A10.

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	Indian Journal of Human Genetics
Abbreviation	Indian J. Hum. Genet.
ISSN (print)	1998-362X
ISSN (online)	0971-6866
Scope	Genetics Genetics(clinical)