How to format your references using the Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. 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

Tokmakoff A. Chemistry. Shining light on the rapidly evolving structure of water. Science. 2007;317(5834):54-55.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ardejani MS, Orner BP. Materials science. Obey the peptide assembly rules. Science. 2013;340(6132):561-562.

A journal article with 3 authors

Richardson JJ, Björnmalm M, Caruso F. Multilayer assembly. Technology-driven layer-by-layer assembly of nanofilms. Science. 2015;348(6233):aaa2491.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

El Goresy A, Chen M, Dubrovinsky L, Gillet P, Graup G. An ultradense polymorph of rutile with seven-coordinated titanium from the Ries crater. Science. 2001;293(5534):1467-1470.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cox C. An Introduction to LTE. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

Wisshak M, Tapanila L, eds. Current Developments in Bioerosion. Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Hofbauer GFL, Bachmann CC. Advances in Our Understanding of Immunosuppression as a Risk Factor for Cutaneous SCC: Evidence for Revision of Immunosuppressive Therapy. In: Zwald F, Brown MD, eds. Advances in Transplant Dermatology: Clinical and Practical Implications. Springer International Publishing; 2015:47-58.

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 Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Blog post

Hamilton K. Psychologist On Dating: There Are No Rules Of Attraction When It Comes To Meeting Your Match. IFLScience. Published November 30, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/psychologist-on-dating-there-are-no-rules-of-attraction-when-it-comes-to-meeting-your-match/

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. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Acquisition Is Under Way, but Improvements Needed in Management and Oversight. 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

Breckheimer I. Mapping Habitat Quality in Conservation’s Neglected Geography. Doctoral dissertation. University of North Carolina; 2012.

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

Kenigsberg B. What Shot Rocky Up Those Steps. New York Times. December 16, 2016:AR12.

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	Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine
Abbreviation	Vis. J. Emerg. Med.
ISSN (print)	2405-4690
Scope	Emergency Medicine

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