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

Northcutt RG (2011) Paleontology. Evolving large and complex brains. Science 332:926–927

A journal article with 2 authors

Folkman J, Kalluri R (2004) Cancer without disease. Nature 427:787

A journal article with 3 authors

Lutzoni F, Pagel M, Reeb V (2001) Major fungal lineages are derived from lichen symbiotic ancestors. Nature 411:937–940

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Pichlmair A, Schulz O, Tan CP, et al (2006) RIG-I-mediated antiviral responses to single-stranded RNA bearing 5’-phosphates. Science 314:997–1001

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Maksoud MA (2017) Quick Reference to Dental Implant Surgery. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Parker D (ed) (2014) Bacterial Activation of Type I Interferons. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Palokangas T (2014) One-Parameter GHG Emission Policy with R&D-Based Growth. In: Moser E, Semmler W, Tragler G, Veliov VM (eds) Dynamic Optimization in Environmental Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 111–126

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

Fang J (2014) New Fossil Findings Suggest Color Vision At Least 300 Million-Years-Old. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fossilized-rods-and-cones-discovered-ancient-fish-eye/. 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 (1987) Aviation Safety: Is Re-regulation Needed To Improve Aviation Safety. 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

Blandin NM (2008) Re-conceptualizing leadership for an era of complexity and uncertainty: A case study of leadership in a complex adaptive system. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Burghardt LF (2005) One-of-a-Kind Gifts, All Made by Hand. New York Times 14LI17

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Northcutt 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Folkman and Kalluri 2004; Northcutt 2011).

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

Two authors: (Folkman and Kalluri 2004)
Three or more authors: (Pichlmair et al. 2006)

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