How to format your references using the Rheumatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for 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	Download the output style file
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

Perrin MD. Astrophysics: Surprisingly fast motions in a dust disk. Nature 2015;526:204–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Abrahamson J, Dinniss J. Ball lightning caused by oxidation of nanoparticle networks from normal lightning strikes on soil. Nature 2000;403:519–21.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kiesecker JM, Blaustein AR, Belden LK. Complex causes of amphibian population declines. Nature 2001;410:681–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chow D, He X, Snow AL, Rose-John S, Garcia KC. Structure of an extracellular gp130 cytokine receptor signaling complex. Science 2001;291:2150–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Mysak J. Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Thoma J. Simulation with Entropy Thermodynamics: Understanding Matter and Systems with Bondgraphs. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Hirschberg J. Deceptive Speech: Clues from Spoken Language. In: Chen F, editor. Speech Technology: Theory and Applications. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010. page 79–88.

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 Rheumatology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. SpaceX Just Nailed Its Fifth Landing After Another Successful Launch [Internet]. IFLScience2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30];Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-just-nailed-its-fifth-landing/

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. Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rossi G. Anesthesiology, geriatric surgery, and the risk of post-operative cognitive dysfunction. 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 R. Home Sweet Hole. New York Times2000;79.

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	Rheumatology
Abbreviation	Rheumatology (Oxford)
ISSN (print)	1462-0324
ISSN (online)	1462-0332
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Rheumatology