How to format your references using the Journal of Anesthesia History citation style

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

Crepp JR. Astronomy. Improving planet-finding spectrometers. Science. 2014;346(6211):809-810.

A journal article with 2 authors

Harrisingh MC, Nitabach MN. Circadian rhythms. Integrating circadian timekeeping with cellular physiology. Science. 2008;320(5878):879-880.

A journal article with 3 authors

Polikanov YS, Blaha GM, Steitz TA. How hibernation factors RMF, HPF, and YfiA turn off protein synthesis. Science. 2012;336(6083):915-918.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hoege C, Pfander B, Moldovan GL, Pyrowolakis G, Jentsch S. RAD6-dependent DNA repair is linked to modification of PCNA by ubiquitin and SUMO. Nature. 2002;419(6903):135-141.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gonzalez R, Qi F, Huang B. Process Control System Fault Diagnosis: A Bayesian Approach. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

Natarajan S. Boosted Statistical Relational Learners: From Benchmarks to Data-Driven Medicine. (Kersting K, Khot T, Shavlik J, eds.). Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Ageev AA. A 3/2-Approximation for the Proportionate Two-Machine Flow Shop Scheduling with Minimum Delays. In: Kaklamanis C, Skutella M, eds. Approximation and Online Algorithms: 5th International Workshop, WAOA 2007, Eilat, Israel, October 11-12, 2007. Revised Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2008:55-66.

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 of Anesthesia History.

Blog post

Luntz S. Record-Breaking El Niño Visualized In Extraordinary Detail. IFLScience. December 16, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/recordbreaking-el-nio-visualized-in-extraordinary-detail/

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. Aircraft Certification: FAA Can Better Meet Challenges Posed by Advances in Aircraft Technologies. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Liu H. Three Papers on the Sociology of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Doctoral dissertation. Indiana University; 2017.

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

Shpigel B. Finally on Big Stage, Predators Stumble in an Uneven Performance. New York Times. May 30, 2017:B9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 of Anesthesia History
Abbreviation	J. Anesth. Hist.
ISSN (print)	2352-4529
Scope