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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences. 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

[1]

Sandholm T. Computer science. Solving imperfect-information games. Science 2015;347:122–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Yue Y, Angell CA. Clarifying the glass-transition behaviour of water by comparison with hyperquenched inorganic glasses. Nature 2004;427:717–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Lee H, Chah O-K, Sheen J. Stem-cell-triggered immunity through CLV3p-FLS2 signalling. Nature 2011;473:376–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Aung L-H-H, Yin R-X, Wu J-Z, Wu D-F, Wang W, Li H. Association between the MLX interacting protein-like, BUD13 homolog and zinc finger protein 259 gene polymorphisms and serum lipid levels. Sci Rep 2014;4:5565.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lemberger P, Morel M. Managing Complexity of Information Systems. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Naidu GVC, Chen M, Narayanan R, editors. India and China in the Emerging Dynamics of East Asia. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Rahmandoust M, Ayatollahi MR. CNT/FRP Composites. In: Ayatollahi MR, editor. Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites under Consideration of Defects, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 177–217.

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 Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Men’s Magazines Are Normalizing Sexist Bigotry, Study Finds. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/mens-magazines-normalizing-sexist-bigotry/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Aviation Safety: FAA Is Considering Changes to Aviation Medical Standards. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Krutsinger R. Evaluation of Grassland Restoration Success in Illinois Using Indicators of Ecosystem Function. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University, 2014.

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]

McKINLEY JC Jr, Mueller B, Schweber N. Second Chances Kept Coming for Suspect in Officer’s Death. 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	Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Abbreviation	Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci.
ISSN (print)	1607-551X
Scope	General Medicine