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

Macilwain C. Science in a changed world. Nature. 2001;414(6866):836–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gan J, Appenzeller T. 2013 Visualization Challenge. Introduction. Science. 2014 Feb 7;343(6171):599.

A journal article with 3 authors

Paolo FS, Fricker HA, Padman L. Ice sheets. Volume loss from Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating. Science. 2015 Apr 17;348(6232):327–31.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yeromin AV, Zhang SL, Jiang W, Yu Y, Safrina O, Cahalan MD. Molecular identification of the CRAC channel by altered ion selectivity in a mutant of Orai. Nature. 2006 Sep 14;443(7108):226–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Baines P, Ferraro J, Rogers P. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660 - 1789. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

Marle F. Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management. Vidal LA, editor. London: Springer; 2016. XI, 273 p. 109 illus., 37 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Brandstaetter T, Bamber D, Weir D. ‘Wasta’: Triadic Trust in Jordanian Business. In: Ramady MA, editor. The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 65–78.

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

Davis J. Chimpanzees Craft “Dipping Sticks” To Drink Hard To Reach Water [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/chimpanzees-craft-dipping-sticks-to-drink-hard-to-reach-water/

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. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Lack of Accountability for Computer Equipment Leaves These Assets Vulnerable to Loss or Misappropriation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Apr. Report No.: GAO-04-520R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mackay EA. Title I funding allocation of reserve funds after increased standards for academic proficiency under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2009.

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

Brantley B. Whistling a Happy Tune in a Perverse Universe. New York Times. 2017 Feb 14;C7.

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

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