How to format your references using the Injury Extra citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Injury Extra. 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]

Vogel C. Evolution. Protein expression under pressure. Science 2013;342:1052–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wilson L, Head JW Iii. An integrated model of kimberlite ascent and eruption. Nature 2007;447:53–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Khanna KM, McNamara JT, Lefrançois L. In situ imaging of the endogenous CD8 T cell response to infection. Science 2007;318:116–20.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Petreanu L, Mao T, Sternson SM, Svoboda K. The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections. Nature 2009;457:1142–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Martinsen U. Kostenrechnung in der Bauwirtschaft. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Wisshak M, Tapanila L, editors. Current Developments in Bioerosion. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Burg MM. Mental Stress Ischemia: Characteristics, Pathophysiology, Prognosis and Treatment. In: Parati G, Compare A, editors. Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease, Milano: Springer; 2006, p. 71–82.

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 Injury Extra.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. The “Water World” Theory Of The Origins Of Life Revamped. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/“water-world”-theory-origins-life-revamped/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Finanzas del Consumidor: Factores que Afectan la Educacion Financiera de las Personas con Conocimientos Limitados del Ingles. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Tuschall A. Exploration of the Relationship Between Implicit Theory of Intelligence and Employability. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine 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

[1]

Gordon MR. Pentagon Inquiry Blames ISIS for Civilian Deaths in U.S. Strike on Mosul. New York Times 2017:A8.

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	Injury Extra
ISSN (print)	1572-3461
Scope	Emergency Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine