How to format your references using the Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Japanese Journal of 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

1. Martin K. Vernon B. Mountcastle (1918-2015). Nature. 2015;518:304.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Moscou MJ, Bogdanove AJ. A simple cipher governs DNA recognition by TAL effectors. Science. 2009;326:1501.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rignot E, Rivera A, Casassa G. Contribution of the Patagonia Icefields of South America to sea level rise. Science. 2003;302:434–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Huismans Y, Rouzée A, Gijsbertsen A, Jungmann JH, Smolkowska AS, Logman PSWM, et al. Time-resolved holography with photoelectrons. Science. 2011;331:61–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ash MK. The Mary Kay Way. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

1. Pfeiffer RF, Bodis-Wollner I, editors. Parkinson’s Disease and Nonmotor Dysfunction. Second Edition. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Brouwer R, Navrud S. The Use and Development of Benefit Transfer in Europe. In: Johnston RJ, Rolfe J, Rosenberger RS, Brouwer R, editors. Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015. p. 71–83.

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 Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. June Is National Oceans Month [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/june-national-oceans-month/

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. DOD Education Benefits: Further Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Tuition Assistance Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Mar. Report No.: GAO-11-389T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Chepete P. Modeling of the factors affecting mathematical achievement of Form 1 students in Botswana based on the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 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. Kanter J. E.U. Plans Big Increase in Military Spending. New York Times. 2016 Nov 30;A12.

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	Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
Abbreviation	Jpn. J. Ophthalmol.
ISSN (print)	0021-5155
ISSN (online)	1613-2246
Scope	General Medicine Ophthalmology