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

Scudellari M. Drug development: Mix and match. Nature. 2015 May 14;521(7551):S12-4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hemmer P, Wrachtrup J. Physics. Where is my quantum computer? Science. 2009 Apr 24;324(5926):473–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chuck AL, Turner SM, Liss PS. Direct evidence for a marine source of C1 and C2 alkyl nitrates. Science. 2002 Aug 16;297(5584):1151–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chiu YL, Soros VB, Kreisberg JF, Stopak K, Yonemoto W, Greene WC. Cellular APOBEC3G restricts HIV-1 infection in resting CD4+ T cells. Nature. 2005 May 5;435(7038):108–14.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Khatib T, Elmenreich W. Modeling of Photovoltaic Systems Using MATLAB ®. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Allan K, Capone A, Kecskes I, editors. Pragmemes and Theories of Language Use. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. XXIV, 910 p. 45 illus. (Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology; vol. 9).

A chapter in an edited book

Brown CT, Liebovitch LS, Glendon R. Hunter–Gatherers Optimize Their Foraging Patterns Using Lévy Flights. In: Bates DG, Tucker J, editors. Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010. p. 51–65.

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

Luntz S. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015. Volcanic Eruptions Cooled Oceans For Centuries.

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. NTSB Recommendations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987 May. Report No.: T-RCED-87-28.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cornelius J. Five Minute Meditation Used to Impact Workplace Meetings [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Barnard A, Gordon MR. Aid Convoy Is Hit in Syria as Cease-Fire Falters and Bombings Resume. New York Times. 2016 Sep 19;A4.

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