How to format your references using the Asian Journal of Andrology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Journal of Andrology. 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

Kawaoka Y. H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent. Nature. 2012 Jan 25;482(7384):155.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sekido R, Lovell-Badge R. Sex determination involves synergistic action of SRY and SF1 on a specific Sox9 enhancer. Nature. 2008 Jun 12;453(7197):930–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gu L, Koymen AR, Mohanty SK. Crystalline magnetic carbon nanoparticle assisted photothermal delivery into cells using CW near-infrared laser beam. Sci Rep. 2014 May 29;4:5106.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ni M, Zhang WZ, Qiu JR, Liu F, Li M, Zhang YJ, et al. Association of ERCC1 and ERCC2 polymorphisms with colorectal cancer risk in a Chinese population. Sci Rep. 2014 Feb 17;4:4112.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sigrist JF. Fluid-Structure Interaction. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

Vauthier C, Ponchel G, editors. Polymer Nanoparticles for Nanomedicines: A Guide for their Design, Preparation and Development. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. XXIX, 641 p. 115 illus., 80 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Suh JM, Fulginiti K. Developing Mathematical Potential in Underrepresented Populations through Problem Solving, Mathematical Discourse and Algebraic Reasoning. In: Sriraman B, Lee KH, editors. The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2011. p. 67–79.

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 Asian Journal of Andrology.

Blog post

Luntz S. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Plague Victim Skeletons Reveal Secrets Of The Black Death. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/plague-victim-skeletons-reveal-secrets-black-death/

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. Need To Improve Management of ACDA’s Automatic Data Processing and Operations Analysis Functions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983 Sep. Report No.: NSIAD-83-66.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Slotterback D. Parent Partner Program and Organization (3P-O) parents mentoring parents in child welfare: A grant-writing project [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

Brantley B. A Pot of Gold Has to Be Good, Right? New York Times. 2016 Nov 7;C1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Asian Journal of Andrology
Abbreviation	Asian J. Androl.
ISSN (print)	1008-682X
ISSN (online)	1745-7262
Scope	General Medicine Urology