How to format your references using the Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance 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

Smaglik, P. Climate Change Expert Stirs New Controversy. Nature 2000, 407, 7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Shao, S.; Hegde, R.S. Cell Biology. Local Synthesis and Disposal. Science 2014, 346, 701–702.

A journal article with 3 authors

Loewe, L.; Textor, V.; Scherer, S. High Deleterious Genomic Mutation Rate in Stationary Phase of Escherichia Coli. Science 2003, 302, 1558–1560.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Amini, A.; Cheng, C.; Kan, Q.; Naebe, M.; Song, H. Phase Transformation Evolution in NiTi Shape Memory Alloy under Cyclic Nanoindentation Loadings at Dissimilar Rates. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 3412.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Barron, R.F.; Barron, B.R. Design for Thermal Stresses; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2011; ISBN 9781118093184.

An edited book

Microbial Protein Toxins; Schmitt, M.J., Schaffrath, R., Eds.; Topics in Current Genetics; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005; Vol. 11; ISBN 9783540235620.

A chapter in an edited book

Kalyebara, B.; Islam, S.M.N. Discounted Cash Flow for Tom.Com. In Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, and Capital Budgeting: An Integrated Approach; Islam, S.M.N., Ed.; Contributions to Management Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014; pp. 75–106 ISBN 9783642359064.

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 Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine.

Blog post

Carpineti, A. Atmospheric Winds Could Help Us Study The Magnetic Field Of Exoplanets Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/space/atmospheric-winds-could-help-us-study-the-magnetic-field-of-exoplanets/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Human Capital: Building the Information Technology Workforce to Achieve Results; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2001;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Stevens, J.W. Perception of Counselor Ethical Behavior: A Quantitative Look at Dual Relationships in Maine. Doctoral dissertation, Capella University: Minneapolis, MN, 2008.

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

Hager, E.B.; Mazzetti, M. Emirates Secretly Sends Colombian Mercenaries to Yemen Fight. New York Times 2015, A1.

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 Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine
ISSN (online)	2504-463X
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