How to format your references using the The CRISPR Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The CRISPR Journal (CRISPR). 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

Voelkle MC. Social psychology. Comment on “Morality in everyday life.” Science 2015;348(6236):767.

A journal article with 2 authors

Giardina CP, Ryan MG. Evidence that decomposition rates of organic carbon in mineral soil do not vary with temperature. Nature 2000;404(6780):858–861.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zeyl C, Vanderford T, Carter M. An evolutionary advantage of haploidy in large yeast populations. Science 2003;299(5606):555–558.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Panáková D, Sprong H, Marois E, et al. Lipoprotein particles are required for Hedgehog and Wingless signalling. Nature 2005;435(7038):58–65.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Mohanty S, Ghosh R. Planning a Scientific Career in Industry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2010.

An edited book

Swapna M. Molecular Marker Applications for Improving Sugar Content in Sugarcane. (Srivastava S. ed). SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer US: Boston, MA; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Weichert D, Hachemi A. A SHAKEDOWN APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF DAMAGE OF FIBERREINFORCED COMPOSITES. In: IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modelling of Damage and Fracture Processes in Composite Materials: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium Held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 23–27 May 2005. (Sadowski T. ed). SOLID MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2006; pp. 41–48.

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 The CRISPR Journal.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Rosetta’s Comet Colors Reveal Interesting Surface Composition. IFLScience; 2015. [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. Air Traffic Control: Role of FAA’s Modernization Program in Reducing Delays and Congestion. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 2001.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Delaney DC. Undergraduate Social Work Students’ Perceptions Regarding Hospice and End-of-Life Care. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA; 2014.

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

Billard M. Step Down to Step Up. New York Times 2010;E5.

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	The CRISPR Journal
ISSN (print)	2573-1599
ISSN (online)	2573-1602
Scope