How to format your references using the Journal of Korean Medical Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Korean Medical Science. 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

Adkins J. Paleoclimate. Dating--vive la différence. Science. 2001 Nov 30;294(5548):1844–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sachs J, Malaney P. The economic and social burden of malaria. Nature. 2002 Feb 7;415(6872):680–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Karlseder J, Smogorzewska A, de Lange T. Senescence induced by altered telomere state, not telomere loss. Science. 2002 Mar 29;295(5564):2446–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Johnson RE, Washington MT, Haracska L, Prakash S, Prakash L. Eukaryotic polymerases iota and zeta act sequentially to bypass DNA lesions. Nature. 2000 Aug 31;406(6799):1015–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Coleman DD, Westcott DA, Harkins BE. CWSP®: Certified Wireless Security Professional Study Guide CWSP-205. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Couture A. Gastrointestinal Tract Sonography in Fetuses and Children. Baud C, Ferran JL, Saguintaah M, Veyrac C, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. IX, 621 p. (Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging).

A chapter in an edited book

Dharmarajan TS, Dharmarajan TS, Dharmarajan TS, Dharmarajan TS. The Physiology of Aging. In: Pitchumoni CS, Dharmarajan TS, editors. Geriatric Gastroenterology. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. p. 17–31.

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 Korean Medical Science.

Blog post

Davis J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Gene Variants Linked to Autism May Have Been Positively Selected For. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gene-variants-linked-to-autism-may-have-been-positively-selected-for/

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. IT Supply Chain: Additional Efforts Needed by National Security-Related Agencies to Address Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Mar. Report No.: GAO-12-579T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pratt JE. Investigating educational systems, leadership, and school culture: A holistic approach [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2014.

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

Saslow L. Replacing Yellow Buses, With Green in Mind. New York Times. 2006 Oct 27;LI2.

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 Korean Medical Science
Abbreviation	J. Korean Med. Sci.
ISSN (print)	1011-8934
ISSN (online)	1598-6357
Scope	General Medicine