How to format your references using the European Journal of Anaesthesiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA). 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	Download the output style file
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

Rupen MP. Astronomy. Microquasar fireworks. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2002; 298:73–74.

A journal article with 2 authors

Holt CE, Bullock SL. Subcellular mRNA localization in animal cells and why it matters. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2009; 326:1212–1216.

A journal article with 3 authors

Green SP, Jones C, Stasch A. Stable magnesium(I) compounds with Mg-Mg bonds. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2007; 318:1754–1757.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Coburn PS, Pillar CM, Jett BD, et al. Enterococcus faecalis senses target cells and in response expresses cytolysin. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2004; 306:2270–2272.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Christophers B. Banking Across Boundaries. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

Nepal S, Paris C, Georgakopoulos D eds. Social Media for Government Services. 1st ed. 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Lindquist S, Allendoerfer KL. Simple Cellular Solutions to Complex Problems. In: George-Hyslop PHS, Mobley WCC, Christen Y, editors Intracellular Traffic and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer’s Disease. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009, pp. 41–57.

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 European Journal of Anaesthesiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Rhythm On The Brain, And Why We Can’t Stop Dancing.https://www.iflscience.com/brain/rhythm-rhe-brain-and-why-we-can-t-stop-dancing/ (accessed Oct.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

Government Accountability Office. Flaws in Controls Over the Supplemental Security Income Computerized System Cause Millions in Erroneous Payments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Moore AM. Assessing the demand for simplified stormwater modeling tools within the design profession to facilitate the adoption of sustainable stormwater practices. 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

Nordland R. With Daring Cellphone Videos, Saudi Women Are Challenging Male Control. New York Times. April 21, 2017:A7.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	European Journal of Anaesthesiology
ISSN (print)	0265-0215
ISSN (online)	1365-2346
Scope