How to format your references using the International Brazilian Journal Of Urology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Brazilian 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

Plasterk RHA: RNA silencing: the genome’s immune system. Science. 2002; 296:1263–65.

A journal article with 2 authors

Langlais B, Amit H: Planetary science. The past Martian dynamo. Science. 2008; 321:1784–85.

A journal article with 3 authors

Salje J, Zuber B, Löwe J: Electron cryomicroscopy of E. coli reveals filament bundles involved in plasmid DNA segregation. Science. 2009; 323:509–12.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Wang M, Leung K-H, Lin S, Chan DS-H, Kwong DWJ, Leung C-H, et al.: A colorimetric chemosensor for Cu²⁺ ion detection based on an iridium(III) complex. Sci Rep. 2014; 4:6794.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bamfield P: Research and Development in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry. Weinheim, FRG, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. 2006.

An edited book

Chen Y: Dynamic Spectrum Auction in Wireless Communication. Cham, Springer International Publishing. 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Chisholm K, Lin A, Armando M: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Mazzone L, Vitiello B, editors. Psychiatric Symptoms and Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cham, Springer International Publishing. 2016, pp. 51–66.

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 International Brazilian Journal Of Urology.

Blog post

Andrew E: Conservationists Plan To Airlift 100 Rhinos To Save Them From Poaching. IFLScience. 2015. Available at. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/conservationists-plan-airlift-100-rhinos-save-them-poaching/.

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: National Transportation Safety Board’s Implementation of GAO Recommendations. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office. 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Grant JA: Far-field noise from a rotor in a wind tunnel. Doctoral dissertation. Florida Atlantic University, 2015.

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

Pilon M: Sculptured By Weights And a Strict Vegan Diet. New York Times. 2012:B10.

In-text citations

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

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	International Brazilian Journal Of Urology
Abbreviation	Int. Braz J Urol
ISSN (print)	1677-5538
ISSN (online)	1677-6119
Scope	Urology