How to format your references using the The Journal of Sexual Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 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]

Koen D. Nuts and bolts. Selling your skills. Nature 2004;427:570.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lu J, Zuo Y. Neuroscience: Forgetfulness illuminated. Nature 2015;525:324–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

McLaughlin AC, Sher F, Attfield JP. Negative lattice expansion from the superconductivity--antiferromagnetism crossover in ruthenium copper oxides. Nature 2005;436:829–32.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Zhang Y, Fan H, Xu J, Xiao Y, Xu Y, Li Y, et al. Network analysis reveals functional cross-links between disease and inflammation genes. Sci Rep 2013;3:3426.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Simon J. Banach, Fréchet, Hilbert and Neumann Spaces. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Ford SM, Porter LM, Davis LC, editors. The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ci J. Redeeming Freedom. In: Hooft S van, Vandekerckhove W, editors. Questioning Cosmopolitanism, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010, p. 49–61.

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 The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. An “Optical Dog’s Nose” Could Help Detect Cancer From Your Breath. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/optical-dogs-nose-could-help-detect-cancer-your-breath/ (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. Diffusing Innovations: Implementing the Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Wheat BR. Effects of intercropping switchgrass in managed pine stands on plant communities and white-tailed deer forage production. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 2015.

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

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Kelly M. THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Again Faces Draft Issue As He Returns to New Hampshire. New York Times 1992:120.

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	The Journal of Sexual Medicine
Abbreviation	J. Sex. Med.
ISSN (print)	1743-6095
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Reproductive Medicine Urology

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