How to format your references using the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 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]

Fujita T. Virology. Sensing viral RNA amid your own. Science 2006;314:935–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lee S, Spencer ND. Materials science. Sweet, hairy, soft, and slippery. Science 2008;319:575–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Moore GWK, Holdsworth G, Alverson K. Climate change in the North Pacific region over the past three centuries. Nature 2002;420:401–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Nishita M, Hashimoto MK, Ogata S, Laurent MN, Ueno N, Shibuya H, et al. Interaction between Wnt and TGF-beta signalling pathways during formation of Spemann’s organizer. Nature 2000;403:781–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Trout J, Rivkin S. Differentiate or Die. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Kalia S, Kaith BS, Kaur I, editors. Cellulose Fibers: Bio- and Nano-Polymer Composites: Green Chemistry and Technology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Gal J. Exploring the Extended Family of Mediterranean Welfare States, or: Did Beveridge and Bismarck Take a Mediterranean Cruise Together? In: Ajzenstadt M, Gal J, editors. Children, Gender and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010, p. 77–101.

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 Microscopy and Ultrastructure.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Animals Fight Bacteria Using Stolen Defense Systems. IFLScience 2014.

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. Medicare Transaction System: Serious Managerial and Technical Weaknesses Threaten Modernization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Contreras AG. A reproductive health program for the Latino adolescent community: A grant proposal. 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

[1]

Kishkovsky S. Conflict Tests Ties Between the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches. New York Times 2008:A5.

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	Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure
Abbreviation	J. Microsc. Ultrastruct.
ISSN (print)	2213-879X
Scope