How to format your references using the Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials (MJIMA). 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

Walsh C. Enabling the chemistry of life. Nature. 2001;409:226–31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zhang K, Kaufman RJ. From endoplasmic-reticulum stress to the inflammatory response. Nature. 2008;454:455–62.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ho BT, Basler M, Mekalanos JJ. Type 6 secretion system-mediated immunity to type 4 secretion system-mediated gene transfer. Science. 2013;342:250–53.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Koppens FHL, Folk JA, Elzerman JM, Hanson R, van Beveren LHW, Vink IT, Tranitz HP, Wegscheider W, Kouwenhoven LP, Vandersypen LMK. Control and detection of singlet-triplet mixing in a random nuclear field. Science. 2005;309:1346–50.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cox C. An Introduction to LTE. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.

An edited book

Falcone Y, Sánchez C, eds. Runtime Verification: 16th International Conference, RV 2016, Madrid, Spain, September 23–30, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Sano T, Hori J-I, Takahashi Y, Unesaki H, Nakajima K. Development of Nondestructive Assay of Fuel Debris of Fukushima Daiichi NPP (2): Numerical Validation for the Application of a Self-Indication Method. In: Nakajima K (ed). Nuclear Back-end and Transmutation Technology for Waste Disposal: Beyond the Fukushima Accident. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 2015:31–37.

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 Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials.

Blog post

Taub B. Avian Malaria Wipes Out UK Zoo’s Entire Colony Of Penguins [Internet]. IFLScience. 2016.Last accessed date: 2018 Oct 30. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/avian-malaria-wipes-out-uk-zoos-entire-colony-of-penguins/.

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. Truck Safety: Motor Carriers Office’s Activities to Reduce Fatalities Are Likely to Have Little Short-term Effect. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lai J-P. Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Deleted on Chromosome Ten (PTEN) As A Molecular Target in Lung Epithelial Wound Repair and Protection. (thesis). Ohio State University; 2008.

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

Vecsey G. Tuning Up to Do the Super Bowl Shovel. New York Times. 2010;:B9.

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 ^[1,2,3,4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials
ISSN (online)	2147-673X
Scope

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