How to format your references using the Maturitas citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Maturitas. 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]

N.L. Zakamska, H(2) emission arises outside photodissociation regions in ultraluminous infrared galaxies, Nature 465 (2010) 60–63.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

J. Fischer, D. Loss, Physics. Dealing with decoherence, Science 324 (2009) 1277–1278.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

M. Ezawa, Y. Tanaka, N. Nagaosa, Topological phase transition without gap closing, Sci. Rep. 3 (2013) 2790.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

W. Huang, B. Thomas, R.A. Flynn, S.J. Gavzy, L. Wu, S.V. Kim, J.A. Hall, E.R. Miraldi, C.P. Ng, F. Rigo, S. Meadows, N.R. Montoya, N.G. Herrera, A.I. Domingos, F. Rastinejad, R.M. Myers, F.V. Fuller-Pace, R. Bonneau, H.Y. Chang, O. Acuto, D.R. Littman, Retraction Note: DDX5 and its associated lncRNA Rmrp modulate TH17 cell effector functions, Nature 562 (2018) 150.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

D. Maude, Global Private Banking and Wealth Management, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2006.

An edited book

[1]

T. Erlebach, S. Nikoletseas, P. Orponen, eds., Algorithms for Sensor Systems: 7th International Symposium on Algorithms for Sensor Systems, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Autonomous Mobile Entities, ALGOSENSORS 2011, Saarbrücken, Germany, September 8-9, 2011, Revised Selected Papers, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

R. Leary, J. Thomas, How Complexity Theory is Changing the Role of Analysis in Law Enforcement and National Security, in: B. Akhgar, S. Yates (Eds.), Intelligence Management: Knowledge Driven Frameworks for Combating Terrorism and Organized Crime, Springer, London, 2011: pp. 61–78.

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 Maturitas.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Increased Typhoon Intensity Linked To Ocean Warming, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/environment/increased-typhoon-intensity-linked-ocean-warming/ (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, Information Security: Weak Controls Place DC Highway Trust Fund and Other Data at Risk, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2001.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

E.A. Cooper, Missouri elementary teacher certification programs and the education provided on how boys and girls learn differently, Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University, 2009.

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]

K. Crow, Staying Focused On Diversity Goals In Harder Times, New York Times (2003) G2.

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	Maturitas
Abbreviation	Maturitas
ISSN (print)	0378-5122
Scope	General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Obstetrics and Gynaecology