How to format your references using the VideoEndocrinology citation style

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

Kärre K. Immunology. A perfect mismatch. Science 2002;295(5562):2029–2031.

A journal article with 2 authors

Martin OY, Hosken DJ. The evolution of reproductive isolation through sexual conflict. Nature 2003;423(6943):979–982.

A journal article with 3 authors

Solov’yov IA, Domratcheva T, Schulten K. Separation of photo-induced radical pair in cryptochrome to a functionally critical distance. Sci Rep 2014;4:3845.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Marscher AP, Jorstad SG, Gómez J-L, et al. Observational evidence for the accretion-disk origin for a radio jet in an active galaxy. Nature 2002;417(6889):625–627.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Noar J. Interceptive Orthodontics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Oxford, UK; 2014.

An edited book

Agrawal A, Britz G, (eds). Comprehensive Guide to Neurosurgical Conditions. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Langill CS, Muller L. Curating Lively Objects: Post-Disciplinary Affordances for Media Art Exhibition. In: Curating the Digital: Space for Art and Interaction. (England D, Schiphorst T, Bryan-Kinns N. eds). Springer Series on Cultural Computing Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2016; pp. 31–49.

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 VideoEndocrinology.

Blog post

Evans K. Can Video Games Influence Sexist Attitudes? IFLScience; 2017. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/can-video-games-influence-sexist-attitudes/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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

Government Accountability Office. Pipeline Safety: Status of Improving Oversight of the Pipeline Industry. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Dhah S. The Relationship between Job-Embedded Professional Development and Special Education Teacher Self-Efficacy in Hard-to-Staff Middle Schools. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University: Malibu, CA; 2015.

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

GEORGE GENE GUSTINES; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF. Man Of Steel Lands On the IPhone. New York Times 2010;C2.

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	VideoEndocrinology
ISSN (online)	2329-9738
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