How to format your references using the Israel Medical Association Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ). 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. Christian CE. Consequences of a biological invasion reveal the importance of mutualism for plant communities. Nature 2001; 413 (6856):635–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hawker CJ, Wooley KL. The convergence of synthetic organic and polymer chemistries. Science 2005; 309 (5738):1200–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Skoglund G, Nockert M, Holst B. Viking and early Middle Ages northern Scandinavian textiles proven to be made with hemp. Sci Rep 2013; 3:2686.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Yamamoto-Kawai M, McLaughlin FA, Carmack EC, Nishino S, Shimada K. Aragonite undersaturation in the Arctic Ocean: effects of ocean acidification and sea ice melt. Science 2009; 326 (5956):1098–100.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Forsberg K, Mansdorf SZ. Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

An edited book

1. Quaia E ed. Mezzi di contrasto in ecografia: Applicazioni addominali. Milano: Springer, 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Dreżewski R, Woźniak P, Siwik L. Agent-Based Evolutionary System for Traveling Salesman Problem. In: Corchado E, Wu X, Oja E, Herrero Á, Baruque B, eds. Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems: 4th International Conference, HAIS 2009, Salamanca, Spain, June 10-12, 2009. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2009:34–41.

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 Israel Medical Association Journal.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Doctors in India Remove 232 Teeth From Mouth Of Teenage Boy. IFLScience 2014.

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. Federal Vehicle Fleets: GSA Has Opportunities to Further Encourage Cost Savings for Leased Vehicles. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Stitt CR. Differences in theoretical constructs of processing health information in narrative entertainment television messages. 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. Kelly DA. Go-To Gadgets. New York Times. April 30, 2008:SPG5.

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	Israel Medical Association Journal
ISSN (print)	1565-1088
Scope

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