How to format your references using the Eurasian Journal of Medical Investigation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Eurasian Journal of Medical Investigation (EJMI). 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]

Urry M. Science and gender: Scientists must work harder on equality. Nature 2015; 528:471–473.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Chhangani D, Mishra A. Mahogunin ring finger-1 (MGRN1) suppresses chaperone-associated misfolded protein aggregation and toxicity. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1972.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Tuomisto H, Ruokolainen K, Yli-Halla M. Dispersal, environment, and floristic variation of western Amazonian forests. Science 2003; 299:241–244.

A journal article with 13 or more authors

[1]

Heinrich AJ, Gupta JA, Lutz CP, Eigler DM. Single-atom spin-flip spectroscopy. Science 2004; 306:466–469.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Trimble MR, George MS. Biological Psychiatry. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Schulze T, Müller B, Meyer G (eds.). Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2015: Smart Systems for Green and Automated Driving. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Stevenson JH. Tissue Scanning. In: Daniels JM, Dexter WW (eds.), Basics of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. New York, NY: Springer; 2013:15–27.

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 Eurasian Journal of Medical Investigation.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Two Billion Children Are Breathing Unsafe Air Right Now; 2016. Accessed 30 October 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. A Bibliography of Documents Issued by the GAO on Matters Related to: ADP. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1981.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Jones DM. Educational paradigm shift: Emergence of the virtual classroom. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix, 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

[1]

Nir SM, Surico J. Three Shots and an Officer Down: Gripping Testimony in Queens. New York Times 2017:A21.

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	Eurasian Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN (online)	2602-3164
Scope

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