How to format your references using the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global open. citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global open.. 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

Southwood D. Research collaboration: When international partnerships go wrong. Nature. 2012;488(7412):451-453.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hayashi T, Carthew RW. Surface mechanics mediate pattern formation in the developing retina. Nature. 2004;431(7009):647-652.

A journal article with 3 authors

Levin EJ, Quick M, Zhou M. Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of the kidney urea transporter. Nature. 2009;462(7274):757-761.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Dong R, Zhou L, Wang D, Hao J. Molecular aggregates in stable aqueous three-phase surfactant systems and their use in producing CdS nanowires. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1663.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pelto M. Recent Climate Change Impacts on Mountain Glaciers. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

Chaudhuri S, Farzan A, eds. Computer Aided Verification: 28th International Conference, CAV 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-23, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Vol 9779. Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Stanković S, Orović I, Sejdić E. Digital Image. In: Orović I, Sejdić E, eds. Multimedia Signals and Systems: Basic and Advanced Algorithms for Signal Processing. Springer International Publishing; 2016:165-230.

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 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global open..

Blog post

Hale T. Russia Might Ban Tobacco For Anyone Born After 2014. 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. Marine Transportation: Federal Financing and a Framework for Infrastructure Investments. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cortez A. Life Is A Highway: Finding Your Way and Finding the Words. Doctoral dissertation. University of Louisiana; 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

Feeney K. Snack Like a Surfer. New York Times. July 4, 2010:NJ10.

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	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global open.
Abbreviation	Plast. Reconstr. Surg. Glob. Open
ISSN (online)	2169-7574
Scope