How to format your references using the European Urology Supplements citation style

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

Goodnow CC. Immunology. Discriminating microbe from self suffers a double toll. Science 2006;312:1606–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Smith AE, Helenius A. How viruses enter animal cells. Science 2004;304:237–42.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Nieder A, Freedman DJ, Miller EK. Representation of the quantity of visual items in the primate prefrontal cortex. Science 2002;297:1708–11.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Zhu G, Spellman PT, Volpe T, Brown PO, Botstein D, Davis TN, et al. Two yeast forkhead genes regulate the cell cycle and pseudohyphal growth. Nature 2000;406:90–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Sattler K. Thermische Trennverfahren. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Yang L. Spatio-Temporal Data Analytics for Wind Energy Integration. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Sergi M, Caboi F, Maullu C, Orsini G, Tonon G. Enzymatic techniques for PEGylation of biopharmaceuticals. In: Veronese FM, editor. PEGylated Protein Drugs: Basic Science and Clinical Applications, Basel: Birkhäuser; 2009, p. 75–88.

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 Supplements.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Dengue Fever Vaccine Trial Shows Promise. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dengue-fever-vaccine-trial-shows-promise/ (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. Satellite Acquisition: Global Positioning System Acquisition Changes After Challenger’s Accident. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

D’Ambrosio JL. Perspectives on the Geomorphic Evolution and Ecology of Modified Channels and Two-Stage Ditches in the Agriculturally-Dominated Midwestern United States. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2013.

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]

Pilon M. Far From a Straight Shot to a Milestone Achievement. New York Times 2012:D2.

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 Supplements
Abbreviation	Eur. Urol. Suppl.
ISSN (print)	1569-9056
Scope	Urology