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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Central European 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

Seeman NC. DNA in a material world. Nature. 2003 Jan 23;421(6921):427–31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rauch EM, Bar-Yam Y. Theory predicts the uneven distribution of genetic diversity within species. Nature. 2004 Sep 23;431(7007):449–52.

A journal article with 3 authors

Raj K, Ogston P, Beard P. Virus-mediated killing of cells that lack p53 activity. Nature. 2001 Aug 30;412(6850):914–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Helmlinger G, Endo M, Ferrara N, Hlatky L, Jain RK. Formation of endothelial cell networks. Nature. 2000 May 11;405(6783):139–41.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Levander CF. Where is American Literature? Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell; 2013.

An edited book

Adebajo A, Boehncke WH, Gladman DD, Mease PJ, editors. Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis: Pathology and Clinical Aspects. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. XIV, 316 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Krishans Z, Mutule A, Merkuryev Y, Oleinikova I. Optimal Initial States Method. In: Mutule A, Merkuryev Y, Oleinikova I, editors. Dynamic Management of Sustainable Development: Methods for Large Technical Systems. London: Springer; 2011. p. 45–56.

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 Central European Journal of Urology.

Blog post

Hale T. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Inventor Of The World Wide Web Sends Open Letter To “Save The Open Internet In Europe.” Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/inventor-of-the-world-wide-web-sends-open-letter-to-save-the-open-internet-in-europe/

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. Air Traffic Control: Improvements Needed In FAA’s Management of Acquisitions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 May. Report No.: T-RCED-93-36.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Dixon-Thompson TL. The relationship between the usage of a Computer Assisted Instructional (CAI) program, Ticket to Read (T2R) and reading achievement in third grade [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2015.

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

Saslow L. On Nassau Ballot, an Open-Space Bond Issue. New York Times. 2006 Nov 5;14LI2.

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	Central European Journal of Urology
Abbreviation	Cent. European J. Urol.
ISSN (print)	2080-4806
ISSN (online)	2080-4873
Scope	General Medicine