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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Medical Ultrasonics. 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. Woolston C. Breast cancer. Nature. 2015;527:S101.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Reverter D, Lima CD. Insights into E3 ligase activity revealed by a SUMO-RanGAP1-Ubc9-Nup358 complex. Nature. 2005;435:687–92.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rybczynski N, Dawson MR, Tedford RH. A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia. Nature. 2009;458:1021–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Yin P, Choi HMT, Calvert CR, Pierce NA. Programming biomolecular self-assembly pathways. Nature. 2008;451:318–22.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Brown C. Mastering Elliott Wave Principle. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Chen J, Piuri V, Su C, Yung M, editors. Network and System Security: 10th International Conference, NSS 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, September 28-30, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Valocchi AJ. Hydrogeochemical Models. In: Kitanidis PK, McCarty PL, editors. Delivery and Mixing in the Subsurface: Processes and Design Principles for In Situ Remediation. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. p. 77–116.

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 Medical Ultrasonics.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Traveling To Mars With Immortal Plasma Rockets [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/traveling-to-mars-with-immortal-plasma-rockets/

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. Status of FCC Efforts To Allocate Costs Between Telephone Companies’ Regulated and Unregulated Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983 Sep. Report No.: RCED-83-235.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. D’Ambrosio JL. Perspectives on the Geomorphic Evolution and Ecology of Modified Channels and Two-Stage Ditches in the Agriculturally-Dominated Midwestern United States [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2013.

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. Mueller B, McKINLEY JC Jr. Connecticut Death Penalty Law Is Unconstitutional, Top State Court Says. New York Times. 2015 Aug 14;A20.

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 Medical Ultrasonics
Abbreviation	J. Med. Ultrason. (2001)
ISSN (print)	1346-4523
ISSN (online)	1613-2254
Scope	General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging