How to format your references using the The Physician and Sportsmedicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 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

Chakradhar S. Colorectal cancer: 5 big questions. Nature. 2015;521(7551):S16.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sheinin MY, Wang MD. Biochemistry. A DNA twist diffuses and hops. Science. 2012;338(6103):56-57.

A journal article with 3 authors

McPhaden MJ, Zebiak SE, Glantz MH. ENSO as an integrating concept in earth science. Science. 2006;314(5806):1740-1745.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cino EA, Killoran RC, Karttunen M, Choy WY. Binding of disordered proteins to a protein hub. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2305.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chitrapu P. Wideband TDD. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

Okuno E. Biomechanics of the Human Body. (Fratin L, ed.). Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Ramos NMM, Delgado JMPQ, Almeida RMSF, Simões ML, Manuel S. Application of Data Mining Techniques. In: Delgado JMPQ, Almeida RMSF, Simões ML, Manuel S, eds. Application of Data Mining Techniques in the Analysis of Indoor Hygrothermal Conditions. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer International Publishing; 2016:37-45.

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 Physician and Sportsmedicine.

Blog post

Andrew E. The Mercury Level In Your Tuna Is Getting Higher. IFLScience.

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. Aviation Safety: Problems Persist in FAA’s Inspection Program. 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

Gittens BE. Perceptions of the Applicability of Transformational Leadership Behavior to the Leader Role of Academic Department Chairs: A Study of Selected Universities in Virginia. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University; 2009.

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

Protess B, Davis JH. Trump Vows Cuts in Wall St. Rules From Obama Era. New York Times. February 3, 2017:A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Physician and Sportsmedicine
Abbreviation	Phys. Sportsmed.
ISSN (print)	0091-3847
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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