How to format your references using the Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and 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

1. Helgen KM (2011) Evolution. The mammal family tree. Science 334:458–459.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chang M, Lingner J (2008) Cell signaling. Tel2 finally tells one story. Science 320:60–61.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kay JN, Chu MW, Sanes JR (2012) MEGF10 and MEGF11 mediate homotypic interactions required for mosaic spacing of retinal neurons. Nature 483:465–469.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. Boutin S, Wauters LA, McAdam AG, Humphries MM, Tosi G, Dhondt AA (2006) Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators. Science 314:1928–1930.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hyatt TK, Hopkins BR (2013) The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

1. Pulinets S (2005) Ionospheric Precursors of Earthquakes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

1. Danuser B (2014) The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Musculoskeletal Disorders. In: Hämmig O (ed) Bridging Occupational, Organizational and Public Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 69–90

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 Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine.

Blog post

1. Andrew E (2013) Creative Ways to Battle Superbugs. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/creative-ways-battle-superbugs/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1993) Digests of Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Vol. IV, No. 6. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Shah RA (2010) Who am I? A biracial and interfaith woman’s perspective: A personal narrative. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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. Feeney K (2008) From the Farm | Where Corn Is King. New York Times NJ10.

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	Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
Abbreviation	MAGMA
ISSN (print)	0968-5243
ISSN (online)	1352-8661
Scope	Biophysics Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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