How to format your references using the Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral 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	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

Scully T (2013) Sleep. Nature 497:S1-3

A journal article with 2 authors

Gruber N, Galloway JN (2008) An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle. Nature 451:293–296

A journal article with 3 authors

Dieterich J, Cayol V, Okubo P (2000) The use of earthquake rate changes as a stress meter at Kilauea volcano. Nature 408:457–460

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Boyman O, Kovar M, Rubinstein MP, et al (2006) Selective stimulation of T cell subsets with antibody-cytokine immune complexes. Science 311:1924–1927

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stewart R (2012) Plautus and Roman Slavery. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Ullah AA (2014) Asian Immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS: Stigma, Vulnerabilities and Human Rights. Springer, Singapore

A chapter in an edited book

Dai Y (2013) Outlook for Energy Supply and Demand in China. In: Xue J, Zhao Z, Dai Y, Wang B (eds) Green Low-Carbon Development in China. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 81–102

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 Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) End-Permian Extinction Happened Much Quicker Than Previously Thought. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/end-permian-extinction-happened-much-quicker-previously-thought/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (2006) Olympic Security: Better Planning Can Enhance U.S. Support to Future Olympic Games. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Poldervaart PG (2010) A qualitative study of nursing didactic programs: Novice nurses’ perception of competence, confidence, and retention. Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix

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

Hodgman J (2017) Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times MM26

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 Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
Abbreviation	J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.
ISSN (print)	0972-8279
ISSN (online)	0974-942X
Scope	Otorhinolaryngology Surgery Oral Surgery

Research and Writing Guides