How to format your references using the International Journal of Obesity Supplements citation style

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

Ross JV. Comment on ‘On the regulation of populations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects’ II. Science 2006; 311: 1100; author reply 1100.

A journal article with 2 authors

Whitaker DL, Edwards J. Sphagnum moss disperses spores with vortex rings. Science 2010; 329: 406.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cronberg N, Natcheva R, Hedlund K. Microarthropods mediate sperm transfer in mosses. Science 2006; 313: 1255.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Zhang X, Pickin KA, Bose R, Jura N, Cole PA, Kuriyan J. Inhibition of the EGF receptor by binding of MIG6 to an activating kinase domain interface. Nature 2007; 450: 741–744.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Perez RX, Conkey AP. Troubleshooting Rotating Machinery. John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

Misra S, Woungang I, Chandra Misra S (eds.). Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Springer: London, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Hamoudi M, Quesnel Y, Dyment J, Lesur V. Aeromagnetic and Marine Measurements. In: Mandea M, Korte M (eds). Geomagnetic Observations and Models. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2011, pp 57–103.

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 Obesity Supplements.

Blog post

Andrew E. Did ‘Rising Star’ Shine Too Bright? IFLScience. 2015.https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/did-rising-star-shine-too-bright/ (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. Commuter Rail: Information and Guidance Could Help Facilitate Commuter and Freight Rail Access Negotiations. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Prejean KD. An Analysis of Corporal Punishment Practices in Texas Public Schools: Race, School District Size, Academic Performance, and Policy Influences. 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

Schwartz J. Putting words into action at climate summit. New York Times. 2016; : S6.

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 Obesity Supplements
Abbreviation	Int. J. Obes. Suppl.
ISSN (print)	2046-2166
ISSN (online)	2046-2174
Scope

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