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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Journal of Urology. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

[1]

Lee C-TA. Geophysics. Are Earth’s core and mantle on speaking terms? Science 2004;306:64–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Parker AR, Lawrence CR. Water capture by a desert beetle. Nature 2001;414:33–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Roscioli JR, McCunn LR, Johnson MA. Quantum structure of the intermolecular proton bond. Science 2007;316:249–54.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Markewitz D, Davidson EA, Figueiredo Rd, Victoria RL, Krusche AV. Control of cation concentrations in stream waters by surface soil processes in an Amazonian watershed. Nature 2001;410:802–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Brauer RL. Safety and Health for Engineers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Wang Z-W, editor. Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Coates AJ, Wahlund J-E, Ågren K, Edberg N, Cui J, Wellbrock A, et al. Recent Results from Titan’s Ionosphere. In: Szego K, editor. The Plasma Environment of Venus, Mars, and Titan, New York, NY: Springer US; 2012, p. 85–111.

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 Urology.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Eel-Like Amphibian 278 Million Years Old With Fangs Found In Brazil. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/278-million-year-old-eel-amphibian-fangs-found-brazil/ (accessed October 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Broadband: Intended Outcomes and Effectiveness of Efforts to Address Adoption Barriers Are Unclear. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Metcalfe AC. Using Evolution as a Context for Teaching the Nature of Science to Diverse Student Populations: A High School Unit of Curriculum. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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

[1]

Kelly C. Making College a Reality For Hispanic Students. New York Times 2007:14WE6.

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	Asian Journal of Urology
ISSN (print)	2214-3882
Scope