How to format your references using the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (JSAMS). 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	Download the output style file
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

Wightman RM. Detection technologies. Probing cellular chemistry in biological systems with microelectrodes. Science 2006; 311(5767):1570–1574.

A journal article with 2 authors

Tikhonov VI, Volkov AA. Separation of water into its ortho and para isomers. Science 2002; 296(5577):2363.

A journal article with 3 authors

West S, Gromak N, Proudfoot NJ. Human 5’ --> 3’ exonuclease Xrn2 promotes transcription termination at co-transcriptional cleavage sites. Nature 2004; 432(7016):522–525.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Chang S-Y, Li C-E, Huang Y-C, et al. Structural and thermodynamic factors of suppressed interdiffusion kinetics in multi-component high-entropy materials. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4162.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cooke R. Classical Algebra: Its Nature, Origins, and Uses. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.

An edited book

Chatterjee M, Kashfi K, editors. Cell Signaling & Molecular Targets in Cancer. 1st ed. New York, NY, Springer, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Stojadinović S, Vasilić R, Kasalica B, et al. Luminescence During the Electrochemical Oxidation of Aluminum. In: Djokić Stojan S., editor. Electrodeposition and Surface Finishing: Fundamentals and Applications. New York, NY, Springer, 2014. p. 241–302.

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 Science and Medicine in Sport.

Blog post

Andrew E. No More Science Fiction: 3D Holographic Images. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/no-more-science-fiction-3d-holographic-images/. Accessed October 30, 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. Federal Manpower Training Program--GAO Conclusions and Observations. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Quick TD. Faith-based charter school success at education ground zero. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 2012.

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

Feeney K. In a Word, Fabulous. New York Times 2007:NJ6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Science and Medicine in Sport
Abbreviation	J. Sci. Med. Sport
ISSN (print)	1440-2440
ISSN (online)	1878-1861
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation