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]

Tian P. Three giants tighten their grip. Nature 2015;528:S176-8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Rus D, Tolley MT. Design, fabrication and control of soft robots. Nature 2015;521:467–75.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Malakoff D, Yeston J, Smith J. Getting better to get bigger. Science 2010;329:779.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Takeuchi A, Reyes N, Artigas P, Gadsby DC. The ion pathway through the opened Na(+),K(+)-ATPase pump. Nature 2008;456:413–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Becker K, Rautenstrauch K. Ingenieurholzbau nach Eurocode 5: Konstruktion, Berechnung, Ausführung. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Yousif M, Schubert L, editors. Cloud Computing: Third International Conference, CloudComp 2012, Vienna, Austria, September 24-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 112. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Černochová M. Teaching Practice from the Perspective of ICT Student Teachers at the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. In: Reynolds N, Turcsányi-Szabó M, editors. Key Competencies in the Knowledge Society: IFIP TC 3 International Conference, KCKS 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010. Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010, p. 44–55.

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]

Taub B. Here’s What Ötzi The Iceman Was Wearing When He Died. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/otzi-iceman-wearing-when-he-dies/ (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. Denver International Airport: Baggage Handling, Contracting, and Other Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Bustillo MF. Heart and Art: Post-adoption program: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

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]

Pilon M. The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go.’ New York Times 2015:BU1.

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