How to format your references using the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine citation style

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

[1]

Slavin JA. Planetary science. A dynamic twist in the tail. Science 2012;336:548–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Veronin MA, Youan B-BC. Medicine. Magic bullet gone astray: medications and the Internet. Science 2004;305:481.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Hathaway DH, Upton L, Colegrove O. Giant convection cells found on the Sun. Science 2013;342:1217–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Kempf S, Srama R, Horányi M, Burton M, Helfert S, Moragas-Klostermeyer G, et al. High-velocity streams of dust originating from Saturn. Nature 2005;433:289–91.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Li C, Lin J. Microwave Noncontact Motion Sensing and Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Magedanz T, Madeira ERM, Dini P, editors. Operations and Management in IP-Based Networks: 5th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2005, Barcelona, Spain, October 26-28, 2005. Proceedings. vol. 3751. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Do TN, Tjahjowidodo T, Lau MWS, Phee SJ. Adaptive Tracking Approach of Flexible Cable Conduit-Actuated NOTES Systems for Early Gastric Cancer Treatments. In: Filipe J, Gusikhin O, Madani K, Sasiadek J, editors. Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics: 11th International Conference, ICINCO 2014 Vienna, Austria, September 2-4, 2014 Revised Selected Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 79–97.

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 Osteopathic Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Smoke From Fires May Spur Stronger Tornadoes. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/smoke-builds-tornadoes/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Global Positioning System: A Comprehensive Assessment of Potential Options and Related Costs is Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Steigner T. A study of cross -border takeovers: Examining the impact of national culture on internalization benefits, and the implications of early versus late -mover status for bidders and their rivals. Doctoral dissertation. University of South Florida, 2008.

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

[1]

Leland J. ‘Weird Isn’t In Right Now.’ New York Times 2017:MB1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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 Osteopathic Medicine
Abbreviation	Int. J. Osteopath. Med.
ISSN (print)	1746-0689
Scope	Complementary and alternative medicine