How to format your references using the Medical Gas Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Medical Gas Research. 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. Carroll SB. Genetics and the making of Homo sapiens. Nature. 2003;422:849–57.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Clancy CE, Xiang YK. Biological techniques: Wrapped around the heart. Nature. 2014;507:43–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Mézard M, Parisi G, Zecchina R. Analytic and algorithmic solution of random satisfiability problems. Science. 2002;297:812–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Liu C, Young AL, Starling-Windhof A, Bracher A, Saschenbrecker S, Rao BV, et al. Coupled chaperone action in folding and assembly of hexadecameric Rubisco. Nature. 2010;463:197–202.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Sallaberry C. Geographical Information Retrieval in Textual Corpora. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Meinel C, Leifer L, Plattner H, editors. Design Thinking: Understand – Improve – Apply. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ganzha EI. Intertwining Laplace Transformations of Linear Partial Differential Equations. In: Barkatou M, Cluzeau T, Regensburger G, Rosenkranz M, editors. Algebraic and Algorithmic Aspects of Differential and Integral Operators: 5th International Meeting, AADIOS 2012, Held at the Applications of Computer Algebra Conference, ACA 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 25-28, 2012, Selected and Invited Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 96–115.

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 Medical Gas Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. This Eco-Friendly Capsule Home Would Let You Live Off The Grid Anywhere In The World [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/harness-power-wind-and-sunlight-live-eco-friendly-egg-house/

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. Social Security Administration: Year 2000 Readiness Efforts Helped Ensure Century Rollover and Leap Year Success. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Apr. Report No.: AIMD-00-125.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Chung EK. The Sophisticated Genetic Diversities of Human Complement Component C4 and RCCX Modules in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2003.

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. de la MERCED MJ. Walmart to Acquire Bonobos for $310 Million. New York Times. 2017 Jun 16;B4.

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	Medical Gas Research
Abbreviation	Med. Gas Res.
ISSN (online)	2045-9912
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