How to format your references using the Translational Andrology and Urology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Translational Andrology and Urology. 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

Korgel BA. Materials science. Nanosprings take shape. Science. 2005 Sep 9;309(5741):1683–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dominguez-Villar M, Hafler DA. Immunology. An innate role for IL-17. Science. 2011 Apr 1;332(6025):47–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Taylor GK, Nudds RL, Thomas ALR. Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency. Nature. 2003 Oct 16;425(6959):707–11.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hegelich BM, Albright BJ, Cobble J, Flippo K, Letzring S, Paffett M, et al. Laser acceleration of quasi-monoenergetic MeV ion beams. Nature. 2006 Jan 26;439(7075):441–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Baudin P. Wireless Transceiver Architecture. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

Atweh B, Graven M, Secada W, Valero P, editors. Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. XXXV, 624 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Gómez NJ. Urban Quality of Life in Santa Fe Province: Demographic, Social and Territorial Processes Between 1991 and 2010. In: Tonon G, editor. Indicators of Quality of Life in Latin America. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 109–49. (Social Indicators Research Series).

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 Translational Andrology and Urology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Biodegradable Plastic Option From Shrimp Shells. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. Geographic Information Systems: Challenges to Effective Data Sharing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Jun. Report No.: GAO-03-874T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jaffer S. Harnessing innovation in the 21st century: the impact of leadership styles [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2013.

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

Quain JR. Your Car Is Keeping Tabs on You. So Who’s It Tattling To? New York Times. 2017 Jul 27;B4.

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	Translational Andrology and Urology
Abbreviation	Transl. Androl. Urol.
ISSN (print)	2223-4683
ISSN (online)	2223-4691
Scope	Reproductive Medicine Urology