How to format your references using the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Hip Preservation 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:

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

1. Gibson JM. Materials science. Solving amorphous structures--two pairs beat one. Science 2012;335:929–30.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Keen DA, Goodwin AL. The crystallography of correlated disorder. Nature 2015;521:303–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kotiaho JS, Simmons LW, Tomkins JL. Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 2001;410:684–6.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. Zhang Y, Zuo T, Cheng Y et al. High-entropy alloys with high saturation magnetization, electrical resistivity, and malleability. Sci Rep 2013;3:1455.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Kandel HG. Verfahrenstechnische Methoden in Der Wirkstoffherstellung. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2005.

An edited book

1. Suarez A, Adams P eds. Is Science Compatible with Free Will?: Exploring Free Will and Consciousness in the Light of Quantum Physics and Neuroscience. New York, NY: Springer, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Mohanta JK, Santhakumar M. A 4PRP Redundant Parallel Planar Manipulator for the Purpose of Lower Limb Rehabilitation. In: Vinod B, Voyles R, Vadakkepat P, et al. (eds.). Advancements in Automation, Robotics and Sensing: First International Conference, ICAARS 2016, Coimbatore, India, June 23 - 24, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Singapore: Springer, 2016, 53–62.

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 Hip Preservation Surgery.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. MH17 Crash Report Establishes The Cause, But Only Criminal Investigation Can Find Those Responsible. IFLScience 2015.

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. IT Supply Chain: National Security-Related Agencies Need to Better Address Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Vianna MH. An exploration of the factors that influence Brazilian students’ fluency of English: A case study. 2015.

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. Wilson M. When the Job Is a Never-Ending Signal Malfunction. New York Times. June 20, 2017:A19.

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 Hip Preservation Surgery
Abbreviation	J. Hip Preserv. Surg.
ISSN (online)	2054-8397
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