How to format your references using the Lymphatic Research and Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Lymphatic Research and Biology (LRB). 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

Gratton E. Applied physics. Deeper tissue imaging with total detection. Science 2011;331(6020):1016–1017.

A journal article with 2 authors

Giovanoli S, Meyer U. Response to comment on “Stress in puberty unmasks latent neuropathological consequences of prenatal immune activation in mice.” Science 2013;340(6134):811.

A journal article with 3 authors

Baran PS, Maimone TJ, Richter JM. Total synthesis of marine natural products without using protecting groups. Nature 2007;446(7134):404–408.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Pan J-W, Gasparoni S, Aspelmeyer M, et al. Experimental realization of freely propagating teleported qubits. Nature 2003;421(6924):721–725.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ziegler M. Geotechnische Nachweise Nach EC 7 Und DIN 1054. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, Germany; 2012.

An edited book

Martinez-de Dios JR. A Remote Integrated Testbed for Cooperating Objects. (Jimenez-Gonzalez A, San Bernabe A de, Ollero A. eds). SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Haupt SE. Introduction to Genetic Algorithms. In: Artificial Intelligence Methods in the Environmental Sciences. (Haupt SE, Pasini A, Marzban C. eds) Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2009; pp. 103–125.

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 Lymphatic Research and Biology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Scientists Create A Supernova Explosion In The Lab. IFLScience; 2014. [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. Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Strong Leadership and Effective Partnerships Needed to Reduce Likelihood of Adverse Impact. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1998.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mathew J. Examining the Relationship between Secondary School Head Teachers’ Leadership and Teachers’ Satisfaction in Kerala, India. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix: Phoenix, AZ; 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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Israeli Rabbi Visits. New York Times 2003;A6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Lymphatic Research and Biology
ISSN (print)	1539-6851
ISSN (online)	1557-8585
Scope