How to format your references using the Hellenic Journal of Surgery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Hellenic Journal of Surgery. 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

Rowley JD. Genetics. A story of swapped ends. Science. 2013 Jun 21;340(6139):1412–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Costache MV, Valenzuela SO. Experimental spin ratchet. Science. 2010 Dec 17;330(6011):1645–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ward AB, Sali A, Wilson IA. Biochemistry. Integrative structural biology. Science. 2013 Feb 22;339(6122):913–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chen JJ, Meng J, Yu DP, Liao ZM. Fabrication and electrical properties of stacked graphene monolayers. Sci Rep. 2014 May 27;4:5065.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rowlinson M. A Practical Guide to the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

Vicars M, Steinberg S, McKenna T, Cacciattolo M, editors. The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (PELT): Beyondthe Binaries: Researching Critically in EFL Classrooms. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2015. VI, 162 p. (Critical New Literacies, The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning (Pelt)).

A chapter in an edited book

Knaster S, Malik W, Dalrymple M. Composition. In: Malik W, Dalrymple M, editors. Learn Objective-C on the Mac: For iOS and OS X. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2012. p. 67–77.

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 Hellenic Journal of Surgery.

Blog post

Andrew E. Man Talks To Possum, And The Possum Talks Back [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/man-talks-possum-and-possum-talks-back/

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. Space Shuttle: NASA Faces Challenges in Its Attempt to Achieve Planned Flight Rates. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Dec. Report No.: NSIAD-92-32.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ellerbrock G. Intergenerational Ontology & Leadership: Uniting the Multigenerational Workforce [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine 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

Hubbard B. Short-Term Cease-Fire in Yemen Appears Likely. New York Times. 2016 Oct 18;A9.

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	Hellenic Journal of Surgery
Abbreviation	Hell. Cheirourgike
ISSN (print)	0018-0092
ISSN (online)	1868-8845
Scope