How to format your references using the Anatomical Science International citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Anatomical Science International. 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 references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles 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

Griffith LC (2014) Neuroscience: What females really want. Nature 512:138–139

A journal article with 2 authors

Rittle J, Green MT (2010) Cytochrome P450 compound I: capture, characterization, and C-H bond activation kinetics. Science 330:933–937

A journal article with 3 authors

Finnegan NJ, Schumer R, Finnegan S (2014) A signature of transience in bedrock river incision rates over timescales of 10(4)-10(7) years. Nature 505:391–394

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Fagiolini M, Fritschy J-M, Löw K, et al (2004) Specific GABAA circuits for visual cortical plasticity. Science 303:1681–1683

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sillar KT, Picton LD, Heitler WJ (2016) The Neuroethology of Predation and Escape. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Kozłowski KR (ed) (2009) Robot Motion and Control 2009. Springer, London

A chapter in an edited book

Gamarel KE, Revenson TA (2015) Dyadic Adaptation to Chronic Illness: The Importance of Considering Context in Understanding Couples’ Resilience. In: Skerrett K, Fergus K (eds) Couple Resilience: Emerging Perspectives. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 83–105

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 Anatomical Science International.

Blog post

Andrew D (2016) Here’s What The Maximum Amount Of Caffeine You Should Be Drinking In A Day Looks Like. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/heres-what-the-maximum-amount-of-caffeine-you-should-be-drinking-in-a-day-looks-like/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1995) FAA Budget: Issues Related to the Fiscal Year 1996 Request. 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

Migues KP (2017) A Qualitative Exploration of Retention of Experienced Teachers: Why Do They Stay? Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana

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

Jacoby S (2014) The Golden Rule. New York Times BR7

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Griffith 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Rittle and Green 2010; Griffith 2014).

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

Two authors: (Rittle and Green 2010)
Three or more authors: (Fagiolini et al. 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Anatomical Science International
Abbreviation	Anat. Sci. Int.
ISSN (print)	1447-6959
ISSN (online)	1447-073X
Scope	General Medicine Anatomy