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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Otorhinolaryngology 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. Kogan SC. Medicine. Poisonous contacts. Science. 2010;328:184–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Deschenes LA, Vanden Bout DA. Single-molecule studies of heterogeneous dynamics in polymer melts near the glass transition. Science. 2001;292:255–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bania TM, Rood RT, Balser DS. The cosmological density of baryons from observations of 3He+ in the Milky Way. Nature. 2002;415:54–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Fan W, Waymire KG, Narula N, Li P, Rocher C, Coskun PE, et al. A mouse model of mitochondrial disease reveals germline selection against severe mtDNA mutations. Science. 2008;319:958–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Janovy J, Esch GW. A Century of Parasitology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Thomas AMK, Banerjee AK, Busch U, editors. Classic Papers in Modern Diagnostic Radiology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sahota SS, Savelyeva N, Joseph-Pietras D, Zojer N, Rice J. Defining Multiple Myeloma as a Target for DNA Vaccines. In: Munshi NC, Anderson KC, editors. Advances in Biology and Therapy of Multiple Myeloma: Volume 2: Translational and Clinical Research. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 73–110.

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 Otorhinolaryngology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Wearable Tech Could Turn Us Into Navel-Gazing Slaves To The Smartwatch [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/wearable-tech-could-turn-us-navel-gazing-slaves-smartwatch/

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. Increasing Use of Data Telecommunications Calls for Stronger Protection and Improved Economies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 Nov. Report No.: LCD-81-1.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Krug KA. Critical literacy in the face of a mandated curriculum: Can children read beyond the text? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2009.

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. Oestreich JR. In the Classical Music World, Sept. 11 Anniversary Will Pass With Little Notice. New York Times. 2016 Sep 9;C4.

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 Otorhinolaryngology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Otorhinolaryngol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2167-583X
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