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

Lambert JB. Chemistry. A tamed reactive intermediate. Science 2008; 322: 1333–1334.

A journal article with 2 authors

Amico G, Aizen MA. Mistletoe seed dispersal by a marsupial. Nature 2000; 408: 929–930.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gans J, Wolinsky M, Dunbar J. Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil. Science 2005; 309: 1387–1390.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Refojo D, Schweizer M, Kuehne C, Ehrenberg S, Thoeringer C, Vogl AM et al. Glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurons mediate anxiogenic and anxiolytic effects of CRHR1. Science 2011; 333: 1903–1907.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gu X, Jiang N, Ji K, Li H, Qiu X, Li W et al. Self-healing Control Technology for Distribution Networks. John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd: Singapore, 2017.

An edited book

Dworkin M, Falkow S, Rosenberg E, Schleifer K-H, Stackebrandt E (eds.). The Prokaryotes: Volume 2: Ecophysiology and Biochemistry. Springer: New York, NY, 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Sellami M, Talbi M. Quality Management in Information Systems for Combating Desertification and Dry Lands Management. In: Marini A, Talbi M (eds). Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data: Training Workshop on Mapping Desertification. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2009, pp 47–57.

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

O`Callaghan J. Blue Origin Successfully Tests Crew Escape System In Major Step Towards Flying Space Tourists. IFLScience. 2016.https://www.iflscience.com/space/blue-origin-tests-crew-escape-system-in-major-step-towards-space-tourism/ (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. HEW Audits of Federal Grants and Contracts Administered by Institutions of Higher Education. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cebada-Ricalde MC. Synthesis and characterization of PANI-coated VGCNFs and evaluation of its use for corrosion inhibition. 2014.

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

George RP. Interpretive Freedom. New York Times. 2012; : BR22.

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