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

Alvarez M. A question of supply and demand. Nature. 2007 Jan 4;445(7123):124.

A journal article with 2 authors

Vinnikov KY, Grody NC. Global warming trend of mean tropospheric temperature observed by satellites. Science. 2003 Oct 10;302(5643):269–72.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schneider DM, Nelson A, Mooney R. A synaptic and circuit basis for corollary discharge in the auditory cortex. Nature. 2014 Sep 11;513(7517):189–94.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Huh JR, Leung MWL, Huang P, Ryan DA, Krout MR, Malapaka RRV, et al. Digoxin and its derivatives suppress TH17 cell differentiation by antagonizing RORγt activity. Nature. 2011 Apr 28;472(7344):486–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety. Layer of Protection Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Tax F, Kemmerling B, editors. Receptor-like Kinases in Plants: From Development to Defense. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. VIII, 316 p. (Signaling and Communication in Plants; vol. 13).

A chapter in an edited book

Bednar PM, Welch C. Loitering with Intent: Dealing with Human-Intensive Systems. In: Marco MD, Casalino N, editors. Interdisciplinary Aspects of Information Systems Studies: The Italian Association for Information Systems. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD; 2008. p. 33–9.

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 E. Orangutan Escapes Enclosure And Entertains Visitors At The Zoo [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/curious-orangutan-escapes-enclosure-entertain-visitors-australian-zoo/

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. U.S. Infrastructure: Agencies’ Approaches to Developing Investment Estimates Vary. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Jul. Report No.: GAO-01-835.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gonzaga Reed RR. The Impact of a Community-Based College Access Program at a Midwestern Institution [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood 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

Shear MD. President Questions Clinton Ties To Russia. New York Times. 2017 Jun 15;A19.

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

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