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]

Smith O. Biomedicine. Nota bene. In the nic of time. Science 2001;294:2118.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Liu H, Lalanne P. Microscopic theory of the extraordinary optical transmission. Nature 2008;452:728–31.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Gawronski H, Mehlhorn M, Morgenstern K. Imaging phonon excitation with atomic resolution. Science 2008;319:930–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Mechsner F, Kerzel D, Knoblich G, Prinz W. Perceptual basis of bimanual coordination. Nature 2001;414:69–73.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Saghyan AS, Langer P. Asymmetric Synthesis of Non&;#x02010;Proteinogenic Amino Acids. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley&;#x02010;VCH Verlag GmbH &;#38; Co. KGaA; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Etim J, editor. Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Reader. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ferran N, Virkus S. Information-Related Competencies for Teachers and Students in an E-Learning Environment. In: Ferrer NF, Alfonso JM, editors. Content Management for E-Learning, New York, NY: Springer; 2011, p. 71–85.

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]

Andrew E. Machines Master Classic Video Games Without Being Told The Rules. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/machines-master-classic-video-games-without-being-told-rules/ (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. Bankruptcy Reform: Value of Credit Counseling Requirement Is Not Clear. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Stanford CJ. Highly sensitive fiber Bragg grating biosensors. Doctoral dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park, 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]

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Top Chechen Reported Killed. New York Times 2002:A8.

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