How to format your references using the European Urology citation style

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

[1]

Levitan IB. Cell biology. A well-stocked pool. Science 2004;304:394–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wasserman SA, DiNardo S. Development. Staying a boy forever. Science 2001;294:2495–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bietenholz MF, Bartel N, Rupen MP. Discovery of a compact radio component in the center of supernova 1986J. Science 2004;304:1947–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Juillerat A, Bertonati C, Dubois G, Guyot V, Thomas S, Valton J, et al. BurrH: a new modular DNA binding protein for genome engineering. Sci Rep 2014;4:3831.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Schwartz D. The Future of Finance. 2 Clementi Loop, #02-01, Singapore 129809: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Salomone R, Clasadonte MT, Proto M, Raggi A, editors. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS): Improving Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Agri-Food Chain with Innovative Environmental Management Tools. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Spracklen K. Millstone Grit, Blackstone Edge: Literary and Heritage Tourism in the South Pennines, England. In: Hooper G, editor. Heritage and Tourism in Britain and Ireland, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016, p. 71–84.

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 Urology.

Blog post

[1]

Hamilton K. What Would Happen If The Earth Were Flat? IFLScience 2014.

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. Space Acquisitions: DOD Faces Substantial Challenges in Developing New Space Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Nelson PT. Sound as a gateway to a personal relationship with nature. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute, 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

[1]

Feeney K. Burgers With Attitude. New York Times 2010:NJ9.

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	European Urology
Abbreviation	Eur. Urol.
ISSN (print)	0302-2838
Scope	Urology