How to format your references using the Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology (RCAE). 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

Marx V. Cancer: A most exceptional response. Nature. 2015;520(7547):389–93.

A journal article with 2 authors

Grumbine RE., Xu J. Environment and development. Mekong hydropower development. Science. 2011;332(6026):178–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mitchell MW., Lundeen JS., Steinberg AM. Super-resolving phase measurements with a multiphoton entangled state. Nature. 2004;429(6988):161–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kim JB., Porreca GJ., Song L., Greenway SC., Gorham JM., Church GM., et al. Polony multiplex analysis of gene expression (PMAGE) in mouse hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Science. 2007;316(5830):1481–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Reschetilowski W. Technisch-Chemisches Praktikum. D-69451 Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; 2002.

An edited book

Rogato A., Zazzu V., Guarracino M. Dynamics of Mathematical Models in Biology: Bringing Mathematics to Life. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Rotondi A., Pedroni P., Pievatolo A. Funzioni di variabili aleatorie. In: Pedroni P, Pievatolo A, editors. Probabilità, Statistica e Simulazione: Programmi applicativi scritti con Scilab. Milano: Springer; 2012. p. 149–77.

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 Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Are Just Like Office Workers, Study Finds. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-we-drown-bacteria-paperwork/. 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

Government Accountability Office. Options to Enhance the Long-term Viability of the Essential Air Service Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fetterolf-Klein S. Teacher leadership practices, supports and challenges in implementation of the common core high school math standards. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 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

Baker L. A Canadian Condo Boom. New York Times. 2007:1111.

In-text citations

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

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	Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology
Abbreviation	Colomb. J. Anesthesiol.
ISSN (print)	2256-2087
Scope