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]

Wang J. Comment on “Crystal structures of translocator protein (TSPO) and mutant mimic of a human polymorphism.” Science 2015;350:519.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Otsuka K, Karato S-I. Deep penetration of molten iron into the mantle caused by a morphological instability. Nature 2012;492:243–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Tilmann F, Ni J, INDEPTH III Seismic Team. Seismic imaging of the downwelling Indian lithosphere beneath central Tibet. Science 2003;300:1424–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Zeineh MM, Engel SA, Thompson PM, Bookheimer SY. Dynamics of the hippocampus during encoding and retrieval of face-name pairs. Science 2003;299:577–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chan NH, Wong HY. Handbook of Financial Risk Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Kwiecień A, Gaj P, Stera P, editors. Computer Networks: 21st International Conference, CN 2014, Brunów, Poland, June 23-27, 2014. Proceedings. vol. 431. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Luks AM, Glenny RW, Robertson HT. Interpreting the Results of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests. In: Glenny RW, Robertson HT, editors. Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, New York, NY: Springer; 2013, p. 53–75.

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]

Evans K. This GIF Shows What A Baby Can See Every Month For The First Year Of Its Life. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/this-gif-shows-what-a-baby-can-see-every-month-for-the-first-year-of-its-life/ (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. Aviation Security: TSA Has Completed Key Activities Associated with Implementing Secure Flight, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Mitigate Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Rees CL. A systems-level investigation into the genetic determinants of childhood-onset schizophrenia. 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

[1]

Kishkovsky S. Yevgeny Kolobov, 57; Founded an Opera Theater. New York Times 2003:A25.

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

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