How to format your references using the Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine (ASEM). 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

Knight J. Tomorrow’s world. Nature 2003; 426:709–11.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rossant J, Hogan B. Retrospective. Anne McLaren (1927-2007). Science 2007; 317:609.

A journal article with 3 authors

van Os J, Kenis G, Rutten BPF. The environment and schizophrenia. Nature 2010; 468:203–12.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Petrie M, Schwabl H, Brande-Lavridsen N, Burke T. Maternal investment. Sex differences in avian yolk hormone levels. Nature 2001; 412:498–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Energy Materials 2014. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Peschek GA, Obinger C, Renger G, editors. Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria: From Evolutionary Singularity to Ecological Diversity. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Assis F. An Algorithm for k-Connectivity Under Pure SINR Model. In: Mitton N, Loscri V, Mouradian A, eds. Ad-hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks: 15th International Conference, ADHOC-NOW 2016, Lille, France, July 4-6, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016:65–78.

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 Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine.

Blog post

Fang J. Oldest Human Genome Sequenced Reveals Neanderthal Mixing. IFLScience. 2014; Retrieved 30 October 2018 from https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/oldest-human-genome-sequenced-reveals-neanderthal-mixing/

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. Federal Research: SEMATECH’s Efforts to Develop and Transfer Manufacturing Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991. No: RCED-91-139FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jha JS. [3+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Gem-Dicyanoepoxide and Electrophilic Reaction of Ethyl Atropate [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2013.

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

Hartocollis A. Snow Brings Days of Tumult for Nursing Home Residents. New York Times. 2014; :A21.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (2).
This sentence cites two references (2,4).
This sentence cites four references (2,6–8).

About the journal

Full journal title	Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
Abbreviation	Aviat. Space Environ. Med.
ISSN (print)	0095-6562
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health