How to format your references using the International Journal of Impotence Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Impotence Research. 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	Download the output style file
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

Tauxe W. A tumour through time. Nature 2015; 527: S102-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rowe T, Frank LR. The disappearing third dimension. Science 2011; 331: 712–714.

A journal article with 3 authors

Blackstone E, Morrison M, Roth MB. H2S induces a suspended animation-like state in mice. Science 2005; 308: 518.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Bergeron DE, Roach PJ, Castleman AW Jr, Jones NO, Khanna SN. Al cluster superatoms as halogens in polyhalides and as alkaline earths in iodide salts. Science 2005; 307: 231–235.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vagelli AA. The Banggai Cardinalfish. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2011.

An edited book

Arezes P (ed.). Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors , July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Stroo HF, Norris RD. Alternatives For In Situ Bioremediation Of Perchlorate. In: Borden RC, Coates JD, Cox EE, Downey DC, Evans PJ, Hatzinger PB et al. (eds). In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater. Springer: New York, NY, 2009, pp 79–90.

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 Journal of Impotence Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. 300 Million Year Old Fossil Sheds Light On Herbivore Evolution. IFLScience. 2014.https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/300-million-year-old-fossil-sheds-light-herbivore-evolution/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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. IT Supply Chain: National Security-Related Agencies Need to Better Address Risks. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Armstrong-Romero KA. Cultural influences and the impact of workplace bullying. 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

Feeney K. Bakery That Sells and Gives. New York Times. 2008; : NJ12.

In-text citations

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

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 Journal of Impotence Research
Abbreviation	Int. J. Impot. Res.
ISSN (print)	0955-9930
ISSN (online)	1476-5489
Scope	Urology