How to format your references using the Documenta Ophthalmologica citation style

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

Thompson JK (2015) Quantum physics: Atomic doughnuts from single photons. Nature 519:420–422

A journal article with 2 authors

Stive MJF, Reniers AJHM (2003) Geophysics. Sandbars in motion. Science 299:1855–1856

A journal article with 3 authors

Roseboom W, Kawabe T, Nishida S (2013) The cross-modal double flash illusion depends on featural similarity between cross-modal inducers. Sci Rep 3:3437

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Bashir T, Dorrello NV, Amador V, et al (2004) Control of the SCF(Skp2-Cks1) ubiquitin ligase by the APC/C(Cdh1) ubiquitin ligase. Nature 428:190–193

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gelbaum BR (1995) Modern Real and Complex Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Zuidam NJ, Nedovic V (2010) Encapsulation Technologies for Active Food Ingredients and Food Processing. Springer, New York, NY

A chapter in an edited book

Costamagna JA, Isaacs M, Aguirre MJ, et al (2006) Electroreduction of CO2 Catalyzed by Metallomacrocyclics. In: Zagal JH, Bedioui F, Dodelet J-P (eds) N4-Macrocyclic Metal Complexes. Springer, New York, NY, pp 191–254

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 Documenta Ophthalmologica.

Blog post

Andrews R (2017) Paris Agreement Will Add $19 Trillion To World Economy If America Sticks With It. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/paris-agreement-add-19-trillion-world-economy-america-sticks/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1997) NASA’s Customer Satisfaction Measurements. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fanelli RM (2017) Effects of Urbanization and Infiltration-Based Watershed Restoration on the Hydro-Ecology of Headwater Streams. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park

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

Creswell J, Story L (2011) On All Levels of the Economy, Concern About the Impasse: Losing Top Rating Could Cost Growth And Job Creation. New York Times 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	Documenta Ophthalmologica
Abbreviation	Doc. Ophthalmol.
ISSN (print)	0012-4486
ISSN (online)	1573-2622
Scope	Ophthalmology Physiology (medical) Sensory Systems