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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
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Schübeler D. Molecular biology. Epigenetic islands in a genetic ocean. Science 2012;338(6108):756–7.
A journal article with 2 authors
1.
Denton M, Marshall C. Protein folds: laws of form revisited. Nature 2001;410(6827):417.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Zijlstra P, Chon JWM, Gu M. Five-dimensional optical recording mediated by surface plasmons in gold nanorods. Nature 2009;459(7245):410–3.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Okamoto K, Iwai Y, Oh-Hora M, Yamamoto M, Morio T, Aoki K, et al. IkappaBzeta regulates T(H)17 development by cooperating with ROR nuclear receptors. Nature 2010;464(7293):1381–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Cross M, MacDonald B. Nutrition in Institutions. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2008.
An edited book
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Van de Laar P, Punter T, editors. Views on Evolvability of Embedded Systems. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.
A chapter in an edited book
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Zazkis R, Sinclair N, Liljedahl P. Linear Measurement: How Long is a Stick? In: Sinclair N, Liljedahl P, editors. Lesson Play in Mathematics Education: A Tool for Research and Professional Development. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. page 33–52.

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 Ophthalmology.

Blog post
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Hamilton K. Could We One Day Heal The Mind By Taking Control Of Our Dreams? [Internet]. IFLScience2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30];Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/could-we-one-day-heal-the-mind-by-taking-control-of-our-dreams/

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
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Government Accountability Office. U.S. Aerospace Industry: Progress in Implementing Aerospace Commission Recommendations, and Remaining Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
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Schroeder M. Investigating the Learnability of a Rogue Grammar: Null Subject Parameter Resetting in Second Language Acquisition. 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
1.
Mele C. Pirate Joe’s, Unauthorized Canadian Seller of Booty From U.S. Chain, Closes. New York Times2017;B2.

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 titleIndian Journal of Ophthalmology
AbbreviationIndian J. Ophthalmol.
ISSN (print)0301-4738
ISSN (online)1998-3689
ScopeOphthalmology

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