How to format your references using the International Journal of Medical Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Medical Sciences. 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

Grayson M. Physics masterclass. Nature. 2012 Oct 11;490(7419):S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lerman J, Palsson BO. Microbiology. Topping off a multiscale balancing act. Science. 2010 Nov 19;330(6007):1058–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

He W, Cowin P, Stokes DL. Untangling desmosomal knots with electron tomography. Science. 2003 Oct 3;302(5642):109–13.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ferreira KN, Iverson TM, Maghlaoui K, Barber J, Iwata S. Architecture of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving center. Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1831–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rosplock K. The Complete Direct Investing Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

Gawrock D, Reimer H, Sadeghi AR, Vishik C, editors. Future of Trust in Computing: Proceedings of the First International Conference Future of Trust in Computing 2008. Wiesbaden: Vieweg+Teubner; 2009. X, 227 p. 58 illus.

A chapter in an edited book

Laghi A, Paolantonio P, Rengo M, Lucchesi P. Artifacts in MR-Angiography. In: Neri E, Cosottini M, Caramella D, editors. MR Angiography of the Body. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 27–33. (Baert AL, Reiser MF, Hricak H, Knauth M, editors. Medical Radiology).

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 Medical Sciences.

Blog post

Hamilton K. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015. Awesome Time-Lapse Of Hyenas Devouring A Buffalo Carcass.

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. The Energy Information Administration Needs To Strengthen Its Computer Systems Development Procedures. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1984 Jan. Report No.: RCED-84-42.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Oppenheim JN. Examination of Oncology Summer Camp Attendance, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Perceived Social Support Among Pediatric Cancer Patients and Siblings [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: 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

Wagner J. Star Catcher’s Rejection of the Indians Paved the Way for Game 1’s Offensive Hero. New York Times. 2016 Oct 27;B13.

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 Journal of Medical Sciences
Abbreviation	Int. J. Med. Sci.
ISSN (online)	1449-1907
Scope	General Medicine