How to format your references using the Journal of Artificial Organs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Artificial Organs. 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. Reichhardt T. NASA pays the price of its dash for Mars. Nature. 2000;404:535.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Smaglik P, Smith A. Biotech jobs are still around despite the recent bumpy ride. Nature. 2002;418:4–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Tupler R, Perini G, Green MR. Expressing the human genome. Nature. 2001;409:832–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Furuike S, Hossain MD, Maki Y, Adachi K, Suzuki T, Kohori A, et al. Axle-less F1-ATPase rotates in the correct direction. Science. 2008;319:955–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Barron RF, Barron BR. Design for Thermal Stresses. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Ng W, Storey VC, Trujillo JC, editors. Conceptual Modeling: 32th International Conference, ER 2013, Hong-Kong, China, November 11-13, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kitagawa F. The Impact of EngD—Dynamics of Collaborative Relationships Through Employer Engagement in Doctoral Research Training. In: Bhamidimarri R, Liu A, editors. Engineering and Enterprise: Inspiring Innovation. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 55–64.

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 Artificial Organs.

Blog post

1. Davis J. The Uncomfortable Truth About The Tiger Trade Ban [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/uncomfortable-truth-about-tiger-trade-ban/

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. Contracting for Computer Teleprocessing Services Can Be Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983 Jun. Report No.: AFMD-83-60.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Wuite J. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Three East Antarctic Outlet Glaciers and Their Floating Ice Tongues [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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. Crow K. Abingdon Square Park: Small Site, Never-Ending Debate. New York Times. 2002 Dec 1;148.

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 of Artificial Organs
Abbreviation	J. Artif. Organs
ISSN (print)	1434-7229
ISSN (online)	1619-0904
Scope	Biomedical Engineering Biomaterials Medicine (miscellaneous) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine