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

Leggett AJ. Physics. Superconducting qubits--a major roadblock dissolved? Science. 2002;296(5569):861-862.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ogawa A, Sommer RJ. Developmental biology. Strategies to get arrested. Science. 2009;326(5955):944-945.

A journal article with 3 authors

Grunwald R, Elsaesser T, Bock M. Spatio-temporal coherence mapping of few-cycle vortex pulses. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7148.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kjelstrup KB, Solstad T, Brun VH, et al. Finite scale of spatial representation in the hippocampus. Science. 2008;321(5885):140-143.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jones P, Burger J. Configuring SAP® ERP Financials and Controlling. Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ, eds. Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals. Third Edition. Humana Press; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Richter J, Silvestrov S. Computing Burchnall–Chaundy Polynomials with Determinants. In: Silvestrov S, Rančić M, eds. Engineering Mathematics II: Algebraic, Stochastic and Analysis Structures for Networks, Data Classification and Optimization. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. Springer International Publishing; 2016:57-63.

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

Andrew E. Worried About Arsenic In Your Baby’s Rice Cereal? There Are Other Foods That Can Provide Essential Iron. IFLScience. Published May 28, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/worried-about-arsenic-your-baby-s-rice-cereal-there-are-other-foods-can-provide/

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. Health Information Technology: HHS Is Pursuing Efforts to Advance Nationwide Implementation, but Has Not Yet Completed a National Strategy. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Krauss WF. The Role of a Middle Management Team during a Directed Restructuring: A Case Study of a Government Agency Using Stones’ Strong Structuration. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University; 2010.

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

Kelly M. After Waco’s Inferno, an Inquisition That Insists on Rational Answers. New York Times. April 25, 1993:43.

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

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