How to format your references using the Medicina citation style

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

Skotheim JM. Cell signaling. To divide or not to divide. Science 2009;324:476–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Scharfman HE, Hen R. Neuroscience. Is more neurogenesis always better? Science 2007;315:336–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Merritt D, Ferrarese L, Joseph CL. No supermassive black hole in M33? Science 2001;293:1116–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Tocheri MW, Orr CM, Larson SG, Sutikna T, Jatmiko, Saptomo EW, et al. The primitive wrist of Homo floresiensis and its implications for hominin evolution. Science 2007;317:1743–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

von Eye A, Mun E-Y. Log-Linear Modeling. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Moore PH, Ming R, editors. Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants. vol. 1. New York, NY: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Galbraith R, Clyman SG, Melnick DE. Conceptual Perspectives: Emerging Changes in the Assessment Paradigm. In: Hafler JP, editor. Extraordinary Learning in the Workplace, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011, p. 87–100.

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 Medicina.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Antidepressant Trial Failed To Mention Numerous Suicide Attempts. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/study-antidepressant-safety-didnt-report-suicide-attempts/ (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. Alternative-Fueled Vehicles: Progress Made in Accelerating Federal Purchases, but Benefits and Costs Remain Uncertain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Janairo B. Recovering Together: A Psychosocial Support Group for Young Adults with Schizophrenia and the People in Their Lives: A Grant Proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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]

Kelly M. Hillary Clinton Rejects Delay in Health Plan. New York Times 1993:B12.

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	Medicina
Abbreviation	Medicina (Kaunas)
ISSN (print)	1010-660X
Scope	General Medicine