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

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

Macilwain C. Concerns over nuclear energy are legitimate. Nature. 2011;471(7340):549.

A journal article with 2 authors

Tirlapur UK, König K. Targeted transfection by femtosecond laser. Nature. 2002;418(6895):290-291.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schwarz G, Mendel RR, Ribbe MW. Molybdenum cofactors, enzymes and pathways. Nature. 2009;460(7257):839-847.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Fatouros NE, Huigens ME, van Loon JJA, Dicke M, Hilker M. Chemical communication: butterfly anti-aphrodisiac lures parasitic wasps. Nature. 2005;433(7027):704.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bisswanger H. Enzymkinetik. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

Shetty Y. Practical .NET for Financial Markets. (Jayaswal S, ed.). Apress; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Stanko EA, Dawson P. Step Three: Digging Down and Understanding the Problem and Its Context. In: Dawson P, ed. Police Use of Research Evidence: Recommendations for Improvement. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer International Publishing; 2016:19-21.

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 Rheumatology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Newly-Discovered “Bat Frog” Named After Ozzy Osbourne. IFLScience.

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. Aviation Safety: FAA Has Increased Efforts to Address Runway Incursions. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

DeLima LE. Implementing an Innovative Educational Program in an Era of Accountability: An Interview Study of the Expeditionary Learning Program. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington 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

Coll S. Way Down Under. New York Times. October 2, 2016:BR20.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Rheumatology
ISSN (print)	0973-3698
Scope	Rheumatology