How to format your references using the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR). 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	Download the output style file
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

Scott JC. Materials science. Is there an immortal memory? Science. 2004 Apr 2;304(5667):62–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gollub JP, Cross MC. Chaos in space and time. Nature. 2000 Apr 13;404(6779):710–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hayashi K, Hasegawa J, Matsunaga S. The boundary of the meristematic and elongation zones in roots: endoreduplication precedes rapid cell expansion. Sci. Rep. 2013 Oct 14;3:2723.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Taylor GJ, Luu T, Ball D, Srinivasan MV. Vision and air flow combine to streamline flying honeybees. Sci. Rep. 2013;3:2614.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Li C, Lin J. Microwave Noncontact Motion Sensing and Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Chacón Rebollo T. Mathematical and Numerical Foundations of Turbulence Models and Applications. Lewandowski R, editor. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Nuallaong W. Burnout Symptoms and Cycles of Burnout: The Comparison with Psychiatric Disorders and Aspects of Approaches. In: Bährer-Kohler S, editor. Burnout for Experts: Prevention in the Context of Living and Working. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2013. p. 47–72.

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 Bone and Mineral Research.

Blog post

Luntz S. Watch A Man See For The First Time In 33 Years, Thanks To His New Bionic Eye [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/bionic-eye-restores-sight-lost-30-years-ago/

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. Amtrak: Financial Condition Has Deteriorated and Future Costs Make Recovery Difficult. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994 Mar. Report No.: T-RCED-94-155.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rus EL. A grant proposal for program “Tech Connect”: Bridging the generations through technology coaching [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

Vecsey G. Mets Trot Out Reliever Of Last Resort. New York Times. 2010 Aug 6;B9.

In-text citations

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

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 Bone and Mineral Research
Abbreviation	J. Bone Miner. Res.
ISSN (print)	0884-0431
ISSN (online)	1523-4681
Scope	Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Orthopedics and Sports Medicine