How to format your references using the International Ophthalmology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Ophthalmology. 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

Smaglik P (2004) Thinking big. Nature 428:873

A journal article with 2 authors

Maechler P, Wollheim CB (2001) Mitochondrial function in normal and diabetic beta-cells. Nature 414:807–812

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee H, Cheng Y-C, Fleming GR (2007) Coherence dynamics in photosynthesis: protein protection of excitonic coherence. Science 316:1462–1465

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Shen W, Wang C, Xia L, et al (2014) Epigenetic modification of the leptin promoter in diet-induced obese mice and the effects of N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Sci Rep 4:5282

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Weber P, Simon C (2016) Benefits of Bayesian Network Models. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Alford TL (2007) Fundamentals of Nanoscale Film Analysis. Springer US, Boston, MA

A chapter in an edited book

Smith B, Laskowski S, Lowry S (2009) Implications of Graphics on Usability and Accessibility for the Voter. In: Ryan PYA, Schoenmakers B (eds) E-Voting and Identity: Second International Conference, VOTE-ID 2009, Luxembourg, September 7-8, 2009. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 54–74

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 Ophthalmology.

Blog post

Carpineti A (2016) Earth’s Core Is Two Years Younger Than Its Crust Thanks To Relativity. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/earth-s-core-over-two-years-younger-crust/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

Government Accountability Office (2000) Space Shuttle: Human Capital Challenges Require Management Attention. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ortega R (2012) Effects of cultural and linguistic differences in breast cancer screening behaviors among elderly Latina women. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Crow K (2002) Dreams Taste Bittersweet As a Small Store Is Sold. New York Times 145

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 Ophthalmology
Abbreviation	Int. Ophthalmol.
ISSN (print)	0165-5701
ISSN (online)	1573-2630
Scope	Ophthalmology