How to format your references using the Current Ophthalmology Reports citation style

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

1. Launius RD. Neil Armstrong (1930-2012). Nature. 2012;489:368.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Nudds RL, Dyke GJ. Narrow primary feather rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx suggest poor flight ability. Science. 2010;328:887–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Pack CC, Berezovskii VK, Born RT. Dynamic properties of neurons in cortical area MT in alert and anaesthetized macaque monkeys. Nature. 2001;414:905–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kitov PI, Sadowska JM, Mulvey G, Armstrong GD, Ling H, Pannu NS, et al. Shiga-like toxins are neutralized by tailored multivalent carbohydrate ligands. Nature. 2000;403:669–72.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Moskowitz HR, Muñoz AM, Gacula MC Jr. Viewpoints and Controversies in Sensory Science and Consumer Product Testing. Trumbull, Connecticut, USA: Food & Nutrition Press, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

1. Gramoli V, Guerraoui R, editors. Networked Systems: First International Conference, NETYS 2013, Marrakech, Morocco, May 2-4, 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Melo JSS, Brasil LM, Balaniuk R, Ferneda E, Santana JS. Intelligent Tutoring Systems Based on Ontologies and 3D Visualization Platforms in the Teaching of the Human Anatomy. In: Dössel O, Schlegel WC, editors. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany: Vol 25/12 General Subjects. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009. p. 16–9.

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 Current Ophthalmology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Do 3D Films Make you Dizzy – or is it Just Your Imagination? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/do-3d-films-make-you-dizzy-or-it-just-your-imagination/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Federal Research Grants: Compensation Paid to Graduate Students at the University of California. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Jun. Report No.: OSI-99-8.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Fonfa SL. The impact of increased security on the employment options and lives of people with severe disabilities [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2008.

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

1. Rutenberg J. For Disney Chief, an Unlikely Political Turn. New York Times. 2017 Oct 9;B1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Current Ophthalmology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Ophthalmol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2167-4868
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