How to format your references using the Seminars in Vascular Surgery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Seminars in Vascular Surgery. 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]

Rando TA. Stem cells, ageing and the quest for immortality. Nature 2006;441:1080–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Saye RI, Sethian JA. Multiscale modeling of membrane rearrangement, drainage, and rupture in evolving foams. Science 2013;340:720–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Gestwicki JE, Crabtree GR, Graef IA. Harnessing chaperones to generate small-molecule inhibitors of amyloid beta aggregation. Science 2004;306:865–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Obmolova G, Ban C, Hsieh P, Yang W. Crystal structures of mismatch repair protein MutS and its complex with a substrate DNA. Nature 2000;407:703–10.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chiasson AD. Geothermal Heat Pump and Heat Engine Systems. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Shai A. Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin: Diagnosis and Therapy — The Practical Approach. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Coughenour M, Behnke R, Lomas J, Price K. Forage Distributions, Range Condition, and the Importance of Pastoral Movement in Central Asia - A Remote Sensing Study. In: Behnke R, editor. The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008, p. 45–80.

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 Seminars in Vascular Surgery.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. America’s “Hidden Subsidies” for Fossil Fuels Are Worth $170 Billion a Year. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/americas-hidden-subsidies-for-fossil-fuels-are-worth-170-billion-a-year/ (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. Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2005 Expenditure Plan. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

McKinney S. An analysis of the influence of No Child Left Behind and Arizona Learns on middle -school principal leadership behaviors and responsibilities. Doctoral dissertation. University of Arizona, 2008.

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]

Weaver MA. Why Do They Go? New York Times 2015:MM42.

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	Seminars in Vascular Surgery
Abbreviation	Semin. Vasc. Surg.
ISSN (print)	0895-7967
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Surgery