How to format your references using the Mitochondrion citation style

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

Lin, H., 2014. Information technology. Technology’s limited role in resolving debates over digital surveillance. Science 345, 728–730.

A journal article with 2 authors

Du, J.-L., Poo, M.-M., 2004. Rapid BDNF-induced retrograde synaptic modification in a developing retinotectal system. Nature 429, 878–883.

A journal article with 3 authors

Meng, F., McGrath, K.P., Hoveyda, A.H., 2014. Multifunctional organoboron compounds for scalable natural product synthesis. Nature 513, 367–374.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Brembs, B., Lorenzetti, F.D., Reyes, F.D., Baxter, D.A., Byrne, J.H., 2002. Operant reward learning in Aplysia: neuronal correlates and mechanisms. Science 296, 1706–1709.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hunt-Ahmed, K., 2013. Contemporary Islamic Finance. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Drechsler, K., Erdt, M., Linguraru, M.G., Oyarzun Laura, C., Sharma, K., Shekhar, R., Wesarg, S. (Eds.), 2013. Clinical Image-Based Procedures. From Planning to Intervention: International Workshop, CLIP 2012, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2012, Nice, France, October 5, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Habgood, J., Overmars, M., 2006. Game Design: Interactive Challenges, in: Overmars, M. (Ed.), The Game Maker’s Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA, pp. 85–98.

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 Mitochondrion.

Blog post

Fang, J., 2014. These Wasps Have Zinc-Tipped Drill Bits [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2001. Student Discipline: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (No. GAO-01-210). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Arens, J.L., 2015. Power, Oppression, and Group Difference Interrogation: A Call to Social Justice Movement Organizations (Doctoral dissertation). George Washington University, Washington, DC.

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

Branch, J., 2016. Standing Firm, N.H.L. Rejects C.T.E.’s Links to Concussions. New York Times B9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lin, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Du and Poo, 2004; Lin, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Du and Poo, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Brembs et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Mitochondrion
Abbreviation	Mitochondrion
ISSN (print)	1567-7249
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine