How to format your references using the Public Health Genomics citation style

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

Legenstein R. Computer science: Nanoscale connections for brain-like circuits. Nature. 2015 May;521(7550):37–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kovach JD, Lamb RS. Evolution. There can be only one. Science. 2014 Feb;343(6171):623–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Li W-W, Yu H-Q, Rittmann BE. Chemistry: Reuse water pollutants. Nature. 2015 Dec;528(7580):29–31.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ding Z, Wu C-J, Chu GC, Xiao Y, Ho D, Zhang J, et al. SMAD4-dependent barrier constrains prostate cancer growth and metastatic progression. Nature. 2011 Feb;470(7333):269–73.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bisgaard S, Kulahci M. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting by Example: Bisgaard/Time Series by Example. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Liu Y. Location, Localization, and Localizability: Location-awareness Technology for Wireless Networks. New York, NY: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Ambroziak AA. The Legal Framework for Regional State Aid in the European Union in 2014–2020 and Its Impact on the Attractiveness of Poland’s Regions to Investors. In: Ambroziak AA, editor. New Cohesion Policy of the European Union in Poland: How It Will Influence the Investment Attractiveness of Regions in 2014-2020. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014; pp 63–76.

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 Public Health Genomics.

Blog post

Andrew E. Mice With Mohawks Reveal Two Biological Pathways Linked With Autism Behaviors [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 May [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/mice-mohawks-reveal-two-biological-pathways-linked-autism-behaviors/

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. Traffic Congestion: Activities to Reduce Travel Demand and Air Pollution Are Not Widely Implemented. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Martinez K. Personal narrative: The struggles and limitations of immigration experienced by an El Salvadorian refugee. 2009

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

Forsythe M, Stevenson A. Murky Firm Is Behind A Donation Of $18 Billion. New York Times. 2017 Jul;B1.

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	Public Health Genomics
Abbreviation	Public Health Genomics
ISSN (print)	1662-4246
ISSN (online)	1662-8063
Scope	Genetics(clinical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health