How to format your references using the Transplantation Proceedings citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Transplantation Proceedings. 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]

Witten E. Quantum mechanics of black holes. Science 2012;337:538–40.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wolff JO, Gorb SN. Radial arrangement of Janus-like setae permits friction control in spiders. Sci Rep 2013;3:1101.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Wang Z, Szolnoki A, Perc M. Optimal interdependence between networks for the evolution of cooperation. Sci Rep 2013;3:2470.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Jenni S, Leibundgut M, Maier T, Ban N. Architecture of a fungal fatty acid synthase at 5 A resolution. Science 2006;311:1263–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Janovy J, Esch GW. A Century of Parasitology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Luo Q, editor. Advancing Computing, Communication, Control and Management. vol. 56. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ambrose CG, Hartline BE, Clanton TO, Lowe WR, McGarvey WC. Polymers in Orthopaedic Surgery. In: Puoci F, editor. Advanced Polymers in Medicine, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 129–45.

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 Transplantation Proceedings.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. How to Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors With Science. 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. University Funding: Federal Funding Mechanisms in Support of University Research. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Seefried VI. Timely and accurate decision-making during U.S. public health emergencies: Incremental Dynamic Decision-making (IDD) for public health emergency response. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2010.

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]

Greenhouse L. Elizabeth Taylor To Keep Van Gogh. New York Times 2007:E2.

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	Transplantation Proceedings
Abbreviation	Transplant. Proc.
ISSN (print)	0041-1345
Scope	Surgery Transplantation