How to format your references using the Journal de Traumatologie du Sport citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal de Traumatologie du Sport. 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]

Kamel F. Epidemiology. Paths from pesticides to Parkinson’s. Science 2013;341:722–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Settele J, Kühn E. Ecology. Insect conservation. Science 2009;325:41–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sale JE, Patel KJ, Batista FD. Retrospective. Michael Neuberger (1953-2013). Science 2013;342:1335.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

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Yang Y, Wang P-P, Zhang Z-C, Liu H-L, Zhang J, Zhuang J, et al. Nanowire membrane-based nanothermite: towards processable and tunable interfacial diffusion for solid state reactions. Sci Rep 2013;3:1694.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Anaya-Lara O, Campos-Gaona D, Moreno-Goytia E, Adam G. Offshore Wind Energy Generation. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Murray N, Scarino A, editors. Dynamic Ecologies: A Relational Perspective on Languages Education in the Asia-Pacific Region. vol. 9. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

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Smyth M. Energy Flows in Winemaking Facilities. In: Russell J, Milanowski T, editors. Solar Energy in the Winemaking Industry, London: Springer; 2011, p. 111–240.

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 Journal de Traumatologie du Sport.

Blog post

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Evans K. Giant Goldfish Demonstrate Why Not To Release Pets Into The Wild. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/giant-goldfish-demonstrate-why-not-to-release-pets-into-the-wild/ (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. Revolving Funds: Additional Pricing and Performance Information for FAA and Treasury Funds Could Enhance Agency Decisions on Shared Services. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Hogue ML. A Case Study of Perspectives on Building School and Community Partnerships. Doctoral dissertation. University of South Florida, 2012.

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]

Gustines GG. Iceman Comes Out. New York Times 2015:C3.

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	Journal de Traumatologie du Sport
Abbreviation	J. Traumatol. Sport
ISSN (print)	0762-915X
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Surgery