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How to format your references using the Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
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Korenaga J. Comment on “Intermittent plate tectonics?” Science. 2008;320(5881):1291; author reply 1291.
A journal article with 2 authors
1.
Schulze A, Harris AL. How cancer metabolism is tuned for proliferation and vulnerable to disruption. Nature. 2012;491(7424):364-373.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Lu K, Lu L, Suresh S. Strengthening materials by engineering coherent internal boundaries at the nanoscale. Science. 2009;324(5925):349-352.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Long F, Zhu A, Shi H, Wang H, Liu J. Rapid on-site/in-situ detection of heavy metal ions in environmental water using a structure-switching DNA optical biosensor. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2308.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Petrozzi S. Practical Instrumental Analysis. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2012.
An edited book
1.
Janicak PG, Marder SR, Tandon R, Goldman M, eds. Schizophrenia: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer; 2014.
A chapter in an edited book
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Ellis GFR. Top-Down Causation and the Human Brain. In: Murphy N, Ellis GFR, O’Connor T, eds. Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer; 2009:63-81.

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 Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery.

Blog post
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Hale T. Retired Man Solves Decades-Old Maths Problems While Brushing His Teeth. IFLScience. Published April 5, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/retired-man-solves-decadesold-maths-problems-while-brushing-his-teeth/

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
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Government Accountability Office. [Comments on Proposed Oregon Purchase of Rail Line With Oil Overcharge Settlement]. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987.

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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Al azze Q. Field-Oriented Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Based on DSP Controller. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University; 2014.

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.
Kishkovsky S. Rostropovich Is Laid to Rest Near Another Russian Titan. New York Times. April 30, 2007:A19.

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 titleJournal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery
AbbreviationJ. Arthrosc. Jt. Surg.
ISSN (print)2214-9635
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