How to format your references using the Ophthalmic Genetics citation style

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

Bucksbaum PH. The future of attosecond spectroscopy. Science. 2007;317(5839):766-769.

A journal article with 2 authors

Clauset A, Erwin DH. The evolution and distribution of species body size. Science. 2008;321(5887):399-401.

A journal article with 3 authors

Furman JL, Murray F, Stern S. More for the research dollar. Nature. 2010;468(7325):757-758.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Millgate AG, Pogson BJ, Wilson IW, et al. Analgesia: morphine-pathway block in top1 poppies. Nature. 2004;431(7007):413-414.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Naini FB. Facial Aesthetics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2011.

An edited book

Gontero P, Kirby RS, Carson CC III, eds. Problem Based Urology. Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Cordella M, Poiani A. The Social Dimension of Cancer. In: Poiani A, ed. Behavioural Oncology: Psychological, Communicative, and Social Dimensions. Springer; 2014:279-349.

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 Ophthalmic Genetics.

Blog post

Andrew E. Scientist Creates Diamonds From Peanut Butter. IFLScience.

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. ADP Equipment: Revised GSA Strategy for Microcomputer Purchases Can Improve Competition. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Armstrong-Romero KA. Cultural Influences and the Impact of Workplace Bullying. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University; 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

Soble J, de la MERCED MJ. Takata, Preparing for a Sale, Is Said to Near Bankruptcy. New York Times. June 16, 2017:B2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Ophthalmic Genetics
Abbreviation	Ophthalmic Genet.
ISSN (print)	1381-6810
ISSN (online)	1744-5094
Scope	Genetics(clinical) Ophthalmology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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