How to format your references using the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 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

1. Majumdar A. Materials science. Thermoelectricity in semiconductor nanostructures. Science. 2004;303:777–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. O’Toole PW, Jeffery IB. Gut microbiota and aging. Science. 2015;350:1214–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Yu DYW, Hoster HE, Batabyal SK. Bulk antimony sulfide with excellent cycle stability as next-generation anode for lithium-ion batteries. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4562.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Albert BB, Derraik JGB, Brennan CM, Biggs JB, Smith GC, Garg ML, et al. Higher omega-3 index is associated with increased insulin sensitivity and more favourable metabolic profile in middle-aged overweight men. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6697.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Scott K. Sustainable and Green Electrochemical Science and Technology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

1. Jeannot E, Namyst R, Roman J, editors. Euro-Par 2011 Parallel Processing: 17th International Conference, Euro-Par 2011, Bordeaux, France, August 29 - September 2, 2011, Proceedings, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Wu S, Fan Y, Tian Y. Hepatobiliary Surgery. In: Wu S, Fan Y, Tian Y, editors. Atlas of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Operations in General Surgery. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013. p. 183–261.

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 Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.

Blog post

1. Carpineti A. Dawn Continues To Capture Incredible Pictures Of Ceres [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/dawn-continues-to-capture-incredible-pictures-of-ceres/

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. Wider Use of Better Computer Software Technology Can Improve Management Control and Reduce Costs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 Apr. Report No.: FGMSD-80-38.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Hendry M. The Lonely Nineteenth Century: Loneliness and the Female Protagonist in the Victorian Novel [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 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

1. Surico J. The Film Festival in a Backyard. New York Times. 2017 Oct 4;MB3.

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 Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
Abbreviation	J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med.
ISSN (print)	0957-4530
ISSN (online)	1573-4838
Scope	Biophysics Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Biomaterials