How to format your references using the Journal of the Anatomical Society of India citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the Anatomical Society of India. 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

Haag AL. Algae bloom again. Nature. 2007;447(7144):520-521.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lee AL, Wand AJ. Microscopic origins of entropy, heat capacity and the glass transition in proteins. Nature. 2001;411(6836):501-504.

A journal article with 3 authors

Turi L, Sheu WS, Rossky PJ. Characterization of excess electrons in water-cluster anions by quantum simulations. Science. 2005;309(5736):914-917.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Filippakopoulos P, Qi J, Picaud S, et al. Selective inhibition of BET bromodomains. Nature. 2010;468(7327):1067-1073.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Krings A, Braham RR. Guide to Tendrillate Climbers of Costa Rican Mountains. Blackwell Publishing; 2008.

An edited book

de Rooij M, Van Tittelboom K, De Belie N, Schlangen E, eds. Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials: State-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials. Vol 11. Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Rauf S, Sienkiewicz-Paderewska D, Malinowski DP, Hussain MM, Niazi IAK, Kausar M. Forages: Ecology, Breeding Objectives and Procedures. In: Al-Khayri JM, Jain SM, Johnson DV, eds. Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits. Springer International Publishing; 2016:149-201.

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 the Anatomical Society of India.

Blog post

Andrew E. New Hope for a Dengue Fever Vaccine. IFLScience. July 7, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-hope-dengue-fever-vaccine/

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. Higher Education: Activities Underway to Improve Teacher Training, but Reporting on These Activities Could Be Enhanced. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sydow K. A Life Review and Memory Album Program to Enhance Family Communication in Assisted Living. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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

Silver N. Let’s Play Medalball! New York Times. July 18, 2012:MM40.

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 the Anatomical Society of India
Abbreviation	J. Anat. Soc. India
ISSN (print)	0003-2778
Scope	Anatomy Pathology and Forensic Medicine