How to format your references using the GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information. 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

Gudmundsson GH. Fortnightly variations in the flow velocity of Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Nature. 2006 Dec 21;444(7122):1063–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

De La Cruz EM, Pollard TD. Structural biology. Actin’ up. Science. 2001 Jul 27;293(5530):616–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dickinson DJ, Nelson WJ, Weis WI. A polarized epithelium organized by beta- and alpha-catenin predates cadherin and metazoan origins. Science. 2011 Mar 11;331(6022):1336–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Broecker W, Barker S, Clark E, Hajdas I, Bonani G, Stott L. Ventilation of the glacial deep Pacific Ocean. Science. 2004 Nov 12;306(5699):1169–72.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gauthier M, Andreff N, Dombre E. Intracorporeal Robotics. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Hameurlain A, Küng J, Wagner R, editors. Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems V. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. IX, 223 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7100).

A chapter in an edited book

Hofmann E, Beck P, Füger E. CM3: Supplier Segmentation and Supply Strategy. In: Beck P, Füger E, editors. The Supply Chain Differentiation Guide: A Roadmap to Operational Excellence. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 107–23.

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 GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Is Your Religion Ready To Meet ET? Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/your-religion-ready-meet-et/

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. Intercollegiate Athletics: Status of Efforts to Promote Gender Equity. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 Oct. Report No.: HEHS-97-10.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Othmanawny G. Soaked and Unsoaked Performance of Crushed Gravel and Limestone Aggregates [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2017.

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

Brantley B. This Barber? He Has Demons. New York Times. 2017 Mar 2;C1.

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	GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information
ISSN (print)	1865-066X
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