How to format your references using the Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia. 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]

Pochan DJ. Materials science. Approaching asymmetry and versatility in polymer assembly. Science 2012;337:530–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lyons JR, Young ED. CO self-shielding as the origin of oxygen isotope anomalies in the early solar nebula. Nature 2005;435:317–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Rey PF, Coltice N, Flament N. Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics. Nature 2014;513:405–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Yang G-M, Cheng C-F, Jiang W, Lu Z-T, Purtschert R, Sun Y-R, et al. Analysis of 85Kr: a comparison at the 10 -14 level using micro-liter samples. Sci Rep 2013;3:1596.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Sauter M. From GSM to LTE-Advanced. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Carretta P. NMR-MRI, μSR and Mössbauer Spectroscopies in Molecular Magnets. Milano: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Singh G, Eian M, Willassen SY, Mjølsnes SF. Detecting Intermediary Hosts by TCP Latency Measurements. In: Baggili I, editor. Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime: Second International ICST Conference, ICDF2C 2010, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 4-6, 2010, Revised Selected Papers, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011, p. 38–54.

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 Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. Healthcare’s Dirty Little Secret: Results From Many Clinical Trials Are Unreliable. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/healthcares-dirty-little-secret-results-from-many-clinical-trials-are-unreliable/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Information Technology: Foundational Steps Being Taken to Make Needed FBI Systems Modernization Management Improvements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Mitchell SF. Life-review therapy: A prevention program for the elderly who are experiencing life transitions. A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times 2017:MM20.

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	Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
Abbreviation	Egypt. J. Anaesth.
ISSN (print)	1110-1849
Scope	Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine