How to format your references using the Journal of Nanobiotechnology citation style

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

1. Ambrose SH. Anthropology. A tool for all seasons. Science. 2006;314:930–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Allan RP, Soden BJ. Atmospheric warming and the amplification of precipitation extremes. Science. 2008;321:1481–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Swan A, Cockerill M, Sipp D. Advocacy: How to hasten open access. Nature. 2013;495:442–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bañados E, Venemans BP, Mazzucchelli C, Farina EP, Walter F, Wang F, et al. An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5. Nature. 2018;553:473–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Sillar KT, Picton LD, Heitler WJ. The Neuroethology of Predation and Escape. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Girard P, Roy O, Marion M, editors. Dynamic Formal Epistemology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Tscherning H, Mathiassen L. The Role of Social Networks in Early Adoption of Mobile Devices. In: Pries-Heje J, Venable J, Bunker D, Russo NL, DeGross JI, editors. Human Benefit through the Diffusion of Information Systems Design Science Research: IFIP WG 82/86 International Working Conference, Perth, Australia, March 30 – April 1, 2010 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 52–70.

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 Nanobiotechnology.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Mussel-Inspired Glue Adheres To Slippery Surfaces Submerged In Saltwater [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mussel-inspired-glue-sticks-slippery-surfaces-submerged-saltwater/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

1. Government Accountability Office. Highway Infrastructure: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Security Should Be Better Coordinated and Targeted on the Nation’s Most Critical Highway Infrastructure. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jan. Report No.: GAO-09-57.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Valenzuela J. Medicare advantage’s population make-up and its impact on the future of Medicare financing [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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. Wagner J. Looking the Part of a Mets Starter, a Rookie Delivers. New York Times. 2016 Sep 4;SP2.

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 Nanobiotechnology
Abbreviation	J. Nanobiotechnology
ISSN (online)	1477-3155
Scope	Molecular Medicine Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Medicine (miscellaneous) Pharmaceutical Science