How to format your references using the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology citation style

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

Campbell-Kelly M. Obituary: John Backus (1924-2007). Nature 2007;446:998.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kiberstis P, Roberts L. Breast cancer. A race still unfinished. Introduction. Science 2014;343:1451.

A journal article with 3 authors

Allison KR, Brynildsen MP, Collins JJ. Metabolite-enabled eradication of bacterial persisters by aminoglycosides. Nature 2011;473:216–220.

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Sun J, Zhang X-P, Li X-T, Tang L, Cui Y, et al. Applicable apparent diffusion coefficient of an orthotopic mouse model of gastric cancer by improved clinical MRI diffusion weighted imaging. Sci Rep 2014;4:6072.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sharma YC. A Guide to the Economic Removal of Metals from Aqueous Solutions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Sarti A, Montanari F, Galofaro F (eds). Morphogenesis and Individuation. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Jorge MLC, Pardo TAS. Formalizing CST-Based Content Selection Operations. In: Pardo TAS, Branco A, Klautau A, Vieira R, Lima VLS de (editors). Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language: 9th International Conference, PROPOR 2010, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, April 27-30, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. pp. 25–29.

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 Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Evolution Took Many Paths To Building ‘Pygmy’ Bodies. IFLScience.

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. Mass Transit: Significant Federal Investment Is Not Adequately Protected. T-RCED-91-68; Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 12 June 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Zavala M. Latinos’ attitudes towards receiving mental health services. Doctoral Dissertation; California State University, Long Beach; 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

Kelly M. THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; There They Go Again: Clinton and Gore Climb Back on Bus for a 3-Day Trip. New York Times, 6 August 1992, p. A20.

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	International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
ISSN (print)	1466-5026
ISSN (online)	1466-5034
Scope	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Microbiology General Medicine