How to format your references using the Cornea citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cornea. 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

Todes D. Global Darwin: Contempt for competition. Nature. 2009;462:36-37.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wang Z, Becker H. Ratios of S, Se and Te in the silicate Earth require a volatile-rich late veneer. Nature. 2013;499:328-331.

A journal article with 3 authors

Titus SL, Wells JA, Rhoades LJ. Repairing research integrity. Nature. 2008;453:980-982.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Intlekofer AM, Shih AH, Wang B, et al. Acquired resistance to IDH inhibition through trans or cis dimer-interface mutations. Nature. 2018;559:125-129.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rigby KA. Aircraft Systems Integration of Air-Launched Weapons. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

Talia D. Grid Middleware and Services: Challenges and Solutions. (Yahyapour R, Ziegler W, eds.). Boston, MA: Springer US; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Iacovides I. Water Management: Administration and Legislation. In: Koundouri P, ed. Water Resources Allocation: Policy and Socioeconomic Issues in Cyprus. Global Issues in Water Policy. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011:45-63.

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 Cornea.

Blog post

Andrew E. Squeaky Baby Sloths Are Completely Adorable. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/squeaky-baby-sloths-are-completely-adorable/. Published April 13, 2014. 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. Guaranteed Student Loans: Eliminating Interest Rate Floors Could Generate Substantial Savings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hammamy R. “Promoting responsible action in medical emergencies”: Determining the impact of a new University of Maryland alcohol protocol. 2010.

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

Eligon J. A Black-and-White Issue. New York Times. August 2, 2017:AR1.

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	Cornea
Abbreviation	Cornea
ISSN (print)	0277-3740
ISSN (online)	1536-4798
Scope	Ophthalmology

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