How to format your references using the Fuss und Sprunggelenk citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Fuss und Sprunggelenk. 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]

Mervis J. RESEARCH POLICY: Report Tracks Federal Funding in Each State. Science 2000;288:2115b.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Breitkreutz A, Tyers M. Cell signaling. A sophisticated scaffold wields a new trick. Science 2006;311:789–90.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bland-Hawthorn J, Harwit A, Harwit M. Astronomy. Laser telemetry from space. Science 2002;297:523.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Marión RM, Strati K, Li H, Murga M, Blanco R, Ortega S, et al. A p53-mediated DNA damage response limits reprogramming to ensure iPS cell genomic integrity. Nature 2009;460:1149–53.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Saksena FB. Color Atlas of Local and Systemic Signs of Cardiovascular Disease. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Schlegel C. Coordinated Multiuser Communications. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Belgasem FFB, Salleh HM. Characterization of Recombinant Enzymes. In: Amid A, editor. Recombinant Enzymes - From Basic Science to Commercialization, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 41–60.

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 Fuss und Sprunggelenk.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Judge Rules In Favour Of Father Who Wants To Vaccinate His Children. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/judge-rules-favour-father-who-wants-vaccinate-his-children/ (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. Observations on the National School Lunch Program’s Assessment, Improvement, and Monitoring System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Shockley C. Mental health parity law: A policy analysis. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Greenhouse L. Before the Court: Are Munis Like Milk, or Garbage? New York Times 2007:C2.

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	Fuss und Sprunggelenk
ISSN (print)	1619-9987
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine