How to format your references using the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 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]

G. Ferry, Scientific heritage: Science today, history tomorrow, Nature 493 (2013) 19–21.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S.-I. Harada, G.A. Rodan, Control of osteoblast function and regulation of bone mass, Nature 423 (2003) 349–355.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

E. Hoskinson, R.E. Packard, T.M. Haard, Oscillatory motion: quantum whistling in superfluid helium-4, Nature 433 (2005) 376.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

X. Xu, Y.-N. Cheng, X.-L. Wang, C.-H. Chang, An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China, Nature 419 (2002) 291–293.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed Chemical Sites, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2003.

An edited book

[1]

J.K. Gilbert, M. Reiner, M. Nakhleh, eds., Visualization: Theory and Practice in Science Education, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

A. Holzer, V. Januzaj, S. Kugele, M. Tautschnig, Timely Time Estimates, in: T. Margaria, B. Steffen (Eds.), Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification, and Validation: 4th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications, ISoLA 2010, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, October 18-21, 2010, Proceedings, Part I, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010: pp. 33–46.

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 Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Blog post

[1]

T. Hale, First-Ever Footage Of A Great White Shark Napping Caught On Camera, IFLScience (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/first-ever-footage-of-a-great-white-shark-napping-caught-on-camera/ (accessed October 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, Wider Use of Better Computer Software Technology Can Improve Management Control and Reduce Costs, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1980.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

A.C. Robinson, A Geophysical and Geological Characterization of the Bonanza 3D Survey, Claiborne Group, Saint Landry and Evangeline Parishes, Louisiana, Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana, 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

[1]

C. Isherwood, The Best Religion? A Believer Answers, New York Times (2016) C3.

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 Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Abbreviation	J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol.
ISSN (print)	0960-0760
Scope	Biochemistry Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Endocrinology Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism