How to format your references using the Molecular Cytogenetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Molecular Cytogenetics. 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. Simpson F. Resistance to mantle flow inferred from the electromagnetic strike of the Australian upper mantle. Nature. 2001;412:632–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Yang X, Su H. Cuprate-like electronic properties in superlattices with Ag(II)F₂ square sheet. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5420.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Shen Y, Knoll AH, Walter MR. Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin. Nature. 2003;423:632–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bryant MJ, Hammond KA, Bocian KM, Rettig MF, Miller CA, Cardullo RA. Assessment. School performance will fail to meet legislated benchmarks. Science. 2008;321:1781–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Eicker U. Solar Technologies for Buildings. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

1. Schnug E, De Kok LJ, editors. Phosphorus in Agriculture: 100 % Zero. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Hartlep ND, Scott DP. Middle School. In: Scott DP, editor. Asian/American Curricular Epistemicide: From Being Excluded to Becoming a Model Minority. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2016. p. 55–68.

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 Molecular Cytogenetics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. China’s Dinosaur Fossil Hotbed Caused By Pompeii-like Volcano. IFLScience. 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. Polar-Orbiting Satellites: With Costs Increasing and Data Continuity at Risk, Improvements Needed in Tri-agency Decision Making. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jun. Report No.: GAO-09-772T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Martinez C. An after-school program at the middle school level for at-risk youth [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Greenhouse L. IN REVERSAL OF COURSE, JUSTICES, 5-4, BACK BAN ON ABORTION METHOD. New York Times. 2007 Apr 19;A1.

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	Molecular Cytogenetics
Abbreviation	Mol. Cytogenet.
ISSN (online)	1755-8166
Scope	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Biochemistry, medical Genetics(clinical)