How to format your references using the Lung India citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Lung 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	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

Matzinger P. The danger model: a renewed sense of self. Science. 2002 Apr 12;296(5566):301–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Margules CR, Pressey RL. Systematic conservation planning. Nature. 2000 May 11;405(6783):243–53.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tuomisto H, Ruokolainen K, Yli-Halla M. Dispersal, environment, and floristic variation of western Amazonian forests. Science. 2003 Jan 10;299(5604):241–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Zhang CL, Katoh M, Shibasaki T, Minami K, Sunaga Y, Takahashi H, et al. The cAMP sensor Epac2 is a direct target of antidiabetic sulfonylurea drugs. Science. 2009 Jul 31;325(5940):607–10.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kelly VA. ADDICTION in the Family: What Every Counselor Needs to Know. Alexandria, USA: American Counseling Association; 2015.

An edited book

Lakshmanan V, Gilleland E, McGovern A, Tingley M, editors. Machine Learning and Data Mining Approaches to Climate Science: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Climate Informatics. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. IX, 252 p. 89 illus., 73 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Weinberger MM. The Habit Cough Syndrome and Its Variations. In: Anbar RD, editor. Functional Respiratory Disorders: When Respiratory Symptoms Do Not Respond to Pulmonary Treatment. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2012. p. 89–103.

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 Lung India.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Pair Of Infant Planets Spotted Forming Around A Young Star. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Policy and Procedures Pertaining to Procurement of ADP Equipment. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978 Aug. Report No.: B-159605.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Moore AM. Assessing the demand for simplified stormwater modeling tools within the design profession to facilitate the adoption of sustainable stormwater practices [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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

Koblin J. Fallen Fox News Chairman Stands Defiant. New York Times. 2016 Sep 7;B1.

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	Lung India
Abbreviation	Lung India
ISSN (print)	0970-2113
ISSN (online)	0974-598X
Scope	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine