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

Kirchman D. Journal club. A microbial ecologist learns something new from an old-fashioned study. Nature. 2009 May 7;459(7243):13.

A journal article with 2 authors

Colavita A, Tessier-Lavigne M. A Neurexin-related protein, BAM-2, terminates axonal branches in C. elegans. Science. 2003 Oct 10;302(5643):293–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chang MM, Zhang J, Miao D. A lamprey from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China. Nature. 2006 Jun 22;441(7096):972–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Xiao B, Jing C, Wilson JR, Walker PA, Vasisht N, Kelly G, et al. Structure and catalytic mechanism of the human histone methyltransferase SET7/9. Nature. 2003 Feb 6;421(6923):652–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Acharya VV, Cooley TF, Richardson M, Walter I. Regulating Wall Street. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Kreimeyer M. Complexity Metrics in Engineering Design: Managing the Structure of Design Processes. Lindemann U, editor. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. XIII, 403 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Sanzana HC, Almonacid A, Mendez EO. Good Practices in Private Parks. Valdivian Coastal Reservation. In: Panosso Netto A, Trigo LGG, editors. Tourism in Latin America: Cases of Success. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 85–103.

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

Andrew E. Octopus And Squid Populations Are Booming – Here’s Why [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/octopus-and-squid-populations-are-booming-here-s-why/

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. Telecommunications: Preliminary Observations about Consumer Satisfaction and Problems with Wireless Phone Service and FCC’s Efforts to Assist Consumers with Complaints. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jun. Report No.: GAO-09-800T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Young W. Diamagnetism of a supersonic rotating magnetized plasma [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 2012.

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

Kelly K. Trump Adviser’s $285 Million Exit Pay Questioned as to Possible Goldman Influence. New York Times. 2017 Jan 26;A19.

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

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