How to format your references using the Tzu Chi Medical Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Tzu Chi Medical Journal. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

Wunsch C. Oceanography. What is the thermohaline circulation? Science 2002;298:1179–81.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Stern DL, Orgogozo V. Is genetic evolution predictable? Science 2009;323:746–51.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ben-David O, Rubinstein SM, Fineberg J. Slip-stick and the evolution of frictional strength. Nature 2010;463:76–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Zepik H, Shavit E, Tang M, Jensen TR, Kjaer K, Bolbach G, et al. Chiral amplification of oligopeptides in two-dimensional crystalline self-assemblies on water. Science 2002;295:1266–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Tolinski M. Plastics and Sustainability. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Kauczor H-U, Bäuerle T, editors. Imaging of Complications and Toxicity following Tumor Therapy. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Francis JH, Kim HY, Abramson DH. Eye and Orbit. In: Rubin P, Constine LS, Marks LB, editors. ALERT • Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment: Volume 2: Normal Tissue Specific Sites and Systems, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014, p. 83–108.

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 Tzu Chi Medical Journal.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Better Hurricane Observation Techniques Over The Decades Make Big Storms Less Deadly. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/better-hurricane-observation-techniques-over-decades-make-big-storms-less-deadly/ (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. Advance Sheets: Volume 72, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Williamson KM. The effects of communist policies, the democratic transition, and EU accession on gender equality in Germany and the Czech Republic. 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]

Hodara S. Scenic Lakes and, Soon, a Town Center. New York Times 2017:RE7.

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	Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Abbreviation	Tzu Chi Med. J.
ISSN (print)	1016-3190
Scope	General Medicine