How to format your references using the Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology) citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology). 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

Zaanen J. High-temperature superconductivity. Stripes defeat the Fermi liquid. Nature. 2000 Apr 13;404(6779):714–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wigley TM, Raper SC. Interpretation of high projections for global-mean warming. Science. 2001 Jul 20;293(5529):451–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bell G, Hey T, Szalay A. Computer science. Beyond the data deluge. Science. 2009 Mar 6;323(5919):1297–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Pais-Vieira M, Lebedev M, Kunicki C, Wang J, Nicolelis MAL. A brain-to-brain interface for real-time sharing of sensorimotor information. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1319.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tadros TF. Colloids in Paints. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2010.

An edited book

Maugin GA, Metrikine AV, editors. Mechanics of Generalized Continua: One Hundred Years After the Cosserats. First. New York, NY: Springer; 2010. XIX, 337 p. 68 illus., 11 illus. in color. (Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics; vol. 21).

A chapter in an edited book

Andoh-Baidoo FK, Amoako-Gyampah K, Osei-Bryson KM. Application of a Hybrid Induction-Based Approach for Exploring Cumulative Abnormal Returns. In: Osei-Bryson KM, Ngwenyama O, editors. Advances in Research Methods for Information Systems Research: Data Mining, Data Envelopment Analysis, Value Focused Thinking. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2014. p. 45–61. (Integrated Series in Information Systems).

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 Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology).

Blog post

Hamilton K. “Cave Squeaker” Frog Found For First Time In 55 Years [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cave-squeaker-frog-found-for-first-time-in-55-years/

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. Airport Privatization: Limited Interest despite FAA’s Pilot Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Nov. Report No.: GAO-15-42.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Magner KA. Evaluation of admissions criteria and practices with regards to successful online learning styles and characteristics [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Kelly H. Evolving. New York Times. 2016 Jun 1;BR17.

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	Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology)
Abbreviation	Rev. Bras. Reumatol.
ISSN (print)	0482-5004
ISSN (online)	1809-4570
Scope