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

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

Shlesinger MF. Physics in the noise. Nature. 2001 Jun 7;411(6838):641.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wyithe JSB, Loeb A. A large neutral fraction of cosmic hydrogen a billion years after the Big Bang. Nature. 2004 Feb 26;427(6977):815–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Weidinger M, Møller P, Fynbo JPU. The Lyman-alpha glow of gas falling into the dark matter halo of a z = 3 galaxy. Nature. 2004 Aug 26;430(7003):999–1001.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hu F, Lin H, Zhang Z, Liao F, Shao M, Lifshitz Y, et al. Smart liquid SERS substrates based on Fe3O4/Au nanoparticles with reversibly tunable enhancement factor for practical quantitative detection. Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 27;4:7204.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bragg SM. The New CEO Corporate Leadership Manual. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Kapoor D, editor. Critical Perspectives on Neoliberal Globalization, Development and Education in Africa and Asia. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2011. XVII, 210 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Dodd M, Mathias J, Nolan SJ. Teaching Mathematics to Adults: Integrating New and Old Knowledge. In: Marshall CA, Nolan SJ, Newton DP, editors. Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students: Supporting Transitions through Foundation Programmes. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. p. 57–72.

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 Urology.

Blog post

Andrew D. Sad But Adorable Animal Facts That Will Ruin Your Day [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sad-cute-animal-facts/

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. Year 2000 Computing Crisis: FAA Is Making Progress But Important Challenges Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Mar. Report No.: T-AIMD/RCED-99-118.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Adams AW. Shepherd leadership of Church of God pastors and how this relates to ministerial effectiveness [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2013.

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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Outcry At Claims Against Jews. New York Times. 2005 Jan 26;A6.

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 Urology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Urol.
ISSN (print)	0970-1591
ISSN (online)	1998-3824
Scope	Urology