How to format your references using the International Journal of Oncology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Oncology. 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

Smyty R: Beauty is ova-rated. Nature 404: 31, 2000.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lee J-W and Helmann JD: The PerR transcription factor senses H2O2 by metal-catalysed histidine oxidation. Nature 440: 363–367, 2006.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hamilton VE, Christensen PR and Bandfield JL: Planetary science: Volcanism or aqueous alteration on Mars? Nature 421: 711–2; discussion 712-3, 2003.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Pinson KI, Brennan J, Monkley S, Avery BJ and Skarnes WC: An LDL-receptor-related protein mediates Wnt signalling in mice. Nature 407: 535–538, 2000.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ziegler M: Geotechnische Nachweise nach EC 7 und DIN 1054. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2012.

An edited book

Stosor V and Zembower TR: Infectious Complications in Cancer Patients. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Le Bourg E: Hypergravity in Drosophila melanogaster. In: Mild Stress and Healthy Aging: Applying Hormesis in Aging Research and Interventions. Bourg EL and Rattan SIS (eds.) Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp43–63, 2008.

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 International Journal of Oncology.

Blog post

Andrew D: Why The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could Be About To Swap Places – And How It Would affect Us. IFLScience, 2017.

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: Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of IRS’ August 2000 Interim Spending Plan. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Yasa SR: Visual Basic Simulation of H2S Removal from Natural Gas at Downhole in an Extraction Well., 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

Pilon M: Olympic Spot Conceded Without Runoff. New York Times: B9, 2012.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	International Journal of Oncology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Oncol.
ISSN (print)	1019-6439
ISSN (online)	1791-2423
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology