How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 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. Holden C. DIVERSITY: Parity as a Goal Sparks Bitter Battle. Science. 2000;289:380.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kiessling LL, Kraft MB. Chemistry. A path to complex carbohydrates. Science. 2013;341:357–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Catani M, Bodi I, Dell’Acqua F. Comment on “The geometric structure of the brain fiber pathways.” Science. 2012;337:1605.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kumazaki K, Kishimoto T, Furukawa A, Mori H, Tanaka Y, Dohmae N, et al. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli YidC, a membrane protein chaperone and insertase. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7299.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Dunlop J, Girma D, Irvine J. Digital Mobile Communications and the Tetra System. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Agresta F, Campanile FC, Anania G, Bergamini C, editors. Emergency Laparoscopy. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Eschauzier C, de Voogt P, Brauch H-J, Lange FT. Polyfluorinated Chemicals in European Surface Waters, Ground- and Drinking Waters. In: Knepper TP, Lange FT, editors. Polyfluorinated Chemicals and Transformation Products. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 73–102.

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 Indian Journal of Gastroenterology.

Blog post

1. Hale T. This Fish Can Survive Crazy Levels Of Pollution Thanks To Rapid Evolution. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. High Definition Television: The Effects of Standards on U.S. Entertainment Industries. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990 Mar. Report No.: IMTEC-90-33.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Oliva DA. Technological mediation: The implications of technology on the human experience [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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. GEORGE GENE GUSTINES; Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS. Comic Strips Think Pink. New York Times. 2010 Oct 4;C3.

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	Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Gastroenterol.
ISSN (print)	0254-8860
ISSN (online)	0975-0711
Scope	Gastroenterology