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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Oral Sciences. 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

Arntzen CJ. Plant science. Using tobacco to treat cancer. Science. 2008 Aug 22;321(5892):1052–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ahmed S, Hodgkin J. MRT-2 checkpoint protein is required for germline immortality and telomere replication in C. elegans. Nature. 2000 Jan 13;403(6766):159–64.

A journal article with 3 authors

Poss KD, Wilson LG, Keating MT. Heart regeneration in zebrafish. Science. 2002 Dec 13;298(5601):2188–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Asanuma H, Kakishima S, Ito H, Kobayashi K, Hasegawa E, Asami T, et al. Evolutionary optimality in sex differences of longevity and athletic performances. Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 24;4:5425.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Prud’Homme R. Flows and Chemical Reactions in an Electromagnetic Field. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Sanford JF. Localization in Wireless Networks: Foundations and Applications. Potkonjak M, Slijepcevic S, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. XVI, 200 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Galazka-Friedman J, Friedman A, Bauminger ER. Iron in the brain. In: Kuzmann E, Lázár K, editors. ISIAME 2008: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Industrial Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ISIAME 2008) held in Budapest, Hungary, 17–22 August 2008. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009. p. 31–7.

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 Oral Sciences.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Dramatic Video Of Yesterday’s SpaceX Rocket Explosion, And What It Means For The Company. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/dramatic-video-of-spacex-rocket-explosion-and-what-it-means-for-the-company/

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. Financial Management Systems: Lack of Disciplined Processes Puts Implementation of HHS’ Financial System at Risk. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Sep. Report No.: GAO-04-1008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Smith GS. The relationship between legislative implementations and educator readiness in inclusive educational environments [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2008.

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

Neuman W. At Least 3 Die in Collapse of Gold Mine. New York Times. 2014 May 2;A11.

In-text citations

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

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 Oral Sciences
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Oral Sci.
ISSN (print)	0909-8836
ISSN (online)	1600-0722
Scope	General Dentistry