How to format your references using the Otolaryngologia Polska citation style

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

Koshland DE Jr. Philosophy of science. The Cha-Cha-Cha Theory of Scientific Discovery. Science 2007;317:761–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Byrne S, Ingersoll AP. A sublimation model for martian south polar ice features. Science 2003;299:1051–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Davidson EM, Frothingham R, Cook-Deegan R. Science and security. Practical experiences in dual-use review. Science 2007;316:1432–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Krivorotov IN, Emley NC, Sankey JC, Kiselev SI, Ralph DC, Buhrman RA. Time-domain measurements of nanomagnet dynamics driven by spin-transfer torques. Science 2005;307:228–31.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Holt J. The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Pavlov A. Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems: A Convergent Dynamics Approach. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Al-Hazzouri AZ, Odden M, Mayeda ER, Aiello AE, Neuhaus JM, Haan MN. Lifetime Socioeconomic Position and Functional Decline in Older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. In: Angel JL, Torres-Gil F, Markides K, editors. Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2012, p. 35–49.

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 Otolaryngologia Polska.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. India Is Set To Spend Over $6 Billion On Restoring Their Forests. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/indian-government-plans-spend-over-6-billion-reforestation-scheme/ (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. Department of Education: Multiple, Nonintegrated Systems Hamper Management of Student Financial Aid Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ma Y. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus as a Vector to Deliver Virus-Like Particles of Human Norovirus: A New Live Vectored Vaccine for Human Norovirus. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2013.

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]

Kanter J. Headaches Await a New E.U. Leader. New York Times 2017:A9.

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	Otolaryngologia Polska
Abbreviation	Otolaryngol. Pol.
ISSN (print)	0030-6657
Scope	Otorhinolaryngology