How to format your references using the Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons. 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

Dalton R. EarthScope. Deep thoughts. Nature. 2000 May 25;405(6785):390–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fodde R, Smits R. Cancer biology. A matter of dosage. Science. 2002 Oct 25;298(5594):761–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

Selmecki A, Forche A, Berman J. Aneuploidy and isochromosome formation in drug-resistant Candida albicans. Science. 2006 Jul 21;313(5785):367–70.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Goldsmith BR, Coroneus JG, Khalap VR, Kane AA, Weiss GA, Collins PG. Conductance-controlled point functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):77–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Raut R, Swamy MNS. Modern Analog Filter Analysis and Design. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2010.

An edited book

Servillo G, Pelosi P, editors. Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Patients. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. VIII, 159 p. 66 illus., 62 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Fricchione G. Separation–Attachment Theory in Illness and the Role of the Healthcare Practitioner. In: Hutchinson TA, editor. Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. p. 45–58.

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 Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons.

Blog post

Fang J. Seals With Sensors on Their Heads Record Ocean Data in Harsh, Icy Waters [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/seals-sensors-their-heads-record-ocean-data-harsh-icy-waters/

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. Protest of Army Contract Award for ADP Equipment. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1973 Apr. Report No.: B-177278.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ahn M. Student Perception of Language Achievement and Learner Autonomy in a Blended Korean Language Course: The Case Study of Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral University; 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

Mcbride K. When It’s O.K. to Pay for a Story. New York Times. 2015 Jun 9;A23.

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 Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Abbreviation	J. Indian Assoc. Pediatr. Surg.
ISSN (print)	0971-9261
ISSN (online)	1998-3891
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Surgery