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

Smith C. Microscopy: Two microscopes are better than one. Nature. 2012 Dec 13;492(7428):293–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chiu C, Weliky M. Neuroscience. Synaptic modification by vision. Science. 2003 Jun 20;300(5627):1890–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee H, Lee BP, Messersmith PB. A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos. Nature. 2007 Jul 19;448(7151):338–41.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Verdel A, Jia S, Gerber S, Sugiyama T, Gygi S, Grewal SIS, et al. RNAi-mediated targeting of heterochromatin by the RITS complex. Science. 2004 Jan 30;303(5658):672–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Panek W, Wentworth T. Mastering Microsoft® Windows® 7 Administration. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Purkayastha BB. A Digital Phase Locked Loop based Signal and Symbol Recovery System for Wireless Channel. Sarma KK, editor. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015. XXI, 244 p. 118 illus. (Signals and Communication Technology).

A chapter in an edited book

Özkaya E, Yazganoğlu KD. Class I Antiarrhythmic Drugs. In: Yazganoğlu KD, editor. Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions to Cardiovascular Drugs. London: Springer; 2014. p. 99–109.

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

Davis J. Legalization Of Cannabis Dramatically Cuts Opioid Abuse Rates [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/legalization-of-cannabis-dramatically-cuts-opioid-abuse-rates/

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. Implementation of the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986 Jul. Report No.: 130406.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gonzales M. Examining institutional career preparation: Student perceptions of their workplace readiness and the role of the university in student career development [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Cooper M. Hurricane Closes Houston Arts Center. New York Times. 2017 Sep 19;C3.

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