How to format your references using the Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research (JICR). 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

Debije M. Renewable Energy: Better Luminescent Solar Panels in Prospect. Nature 2015;519(7543):298–299.

A journal article with 2 authors

Nisbet E and Weiss R. Atmospheric Science. Top-down versus Bottom-Up. Science 2010;328(5983):1241–1243.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fradkin E, Kivelson SA and Oganesyan V. Physics. Electron Nematic Phase in a Transition Metal Oxide. Science 2007;315(5809):196–197.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Parthasarathy R, Livelybrooks D, Johnson D, et al. NSF Program Benefits Schools in Need. Science 2011;332(6026):173–174.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pouly M and Kohlas J. Generic Inference. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2011.

An edited book

Cowin SC and Doty SB, (eds). Tissue Mechanics. Springer: New York, NY; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

Chambrone L, de la Rosa-Garza M, Frias EGV, et al. Esthetical Clinical Crown Lengthening, Lip Repositioning, and Gingival Depigmentation. In: Evidence-Based Periodontal and Peri-Implant Plastic Surgery: A Clinical Roadmap from Function to Aesthetics. (Chambrone L. ed) Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2015; pp. 175–217.

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 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. How Should We Compensate Poor Countries For ‘Loss And Famage’ From Climate Change? IFLScience; 2016. [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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

Government Accountability Office. Preschool Education: Federal Investment for Low-Income Children Significant but Effectiveness Unclear. 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

Yudell M. Making Race: Biology and the Evolution of the Race Concept in 20th Century American Thought. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia University: New York, NY; 2008.

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

Billard M. She Never Outgrew These Shoes. New York Times 2010;E6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Debije, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Debije, 2015; Nisbet and Weiss, 2010).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Nisbet and Weiss, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Parthasarathy et al., 2011)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research
ISSN (print)	1079-9907
ISSN (online)	1557-7465
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