How to format your references using the Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 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

[1]

Hannon GJ. RNA interference. Nature 2002;418:244–51.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Vecchi GA, Soden BJ. Effect of remote sea surface temperature change on tropical cyclone potential intensity. Nature 2007;450:1066–70.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Stanley JD, Goddio F, Schnepp G. Nile flooding sank two ancient cities. Nature 2001;412:293–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Tanaka K, Kuma K, Hamasaki K, Yamashita Y. Accumulation of humic-like fluorescent dissolved organic matter in the Japan Sea. Sci Rep 2014;4:5292.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Scheinfeld R. Busting Loose from the Business Game. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Joseph L, Mahler M, Auyero J, editors. New Perspectives in Political Ethnography. New York, NY: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Pfeiffer F. Dynamics of Hydraulic Systems. In: Pfeiffer F, editor. Mechanical System Dynamics, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008, p. 187–212.

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 Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Cuckoos Use Mafia Tactics, And They Work. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cuckoos-use-mafia-tactics-and-they-work/ (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. Transportation Services: Better Dissemination and Oversight of DOT’s Guidance Could Lead to Improved Access for Limited English-Proficient Populations (Chinese Version). 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]

Freeman J. The Loudest Room. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois 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

[1]

Brantley B. Scare Easily? You’re in the Wrong Place. New York Times 2017:C6.

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	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Abbreviation	Surg. Obes. Relat. Dis.
ISSN (print)	1550-7289
Scope	Surgery