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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Virology. 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. Knudsen EI. Instructed learning in the auditory localization pathway of the barn owl. Nature. 2002;417:322–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Norell MA, Clarke JA. Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution. Nature. 2001;409:181–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos M, Sakbodin M, Wang Z. Regenerative adsorption and removal of H2S from hot fuel gas streams by rare earth oxides. Science. 2006;312:1508–10.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Draper-Joyce CJ, Khoshouei M, Thal DM, Liang Y-L, Nguyen ATN, Furness SGB, et al. Structure of the adenosine-bound human adenosine A1 receptor-Gi complex. Nature. 2018;558:559–63.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Smith CL. Distillation Control. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Ismail-Zadeh A. Data-Driven Numerical Modelling in Geodynamics: Methods and Applications. Korotkii A, Tsepelev I, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. McGonagle JJ, Vella CM. Preparing Yourself. In: Vella CM, editor. Proactive Intelligence: The Successful Executive’s Guide to Intelligence. London: Springer; 2012. p. 35–9.

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 Virology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. There Be Dragons? Creatures You Might Find On A Real Journey To The Centre Of The Earth [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/there-be-dragons-creatures-you-might-find-real-journey-centre-earth/

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. Bankruptcy Reform: Value of Credit Counseling Requirement Is Not Clear. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Apr. Report No.: GAO-07-203.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Harris DW. An examination of the impact of computer-based animations and visualization sequence on student understanding of Hadley Cells in atmospheric circulation [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 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. Burghardt LF. With Emphasis on Safety, Playgrounds Aren’t for All. New York Times. 2005 Oct 23;14LI1.

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 Virology
ISSN (print)	0970-2822
ISSN (online)	0974-0120
Scope

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