How to format your references using the Viszeralmedizin citation style

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

Giomataris I. Georges Charpak (1924-2010). Nature. 2010 Oct;467(7319):1048.

A journal article with 2 authors

Colautti RI, Barrett SCH. Rapid adaptation to climate facilitates range expansion of an invasive plant. Science. 2013 Oct;342(6156):364–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wolfe JM, Horowitz TS, Kenner NM. Cognitive psychology: rare items often missed in visual searches. Nature. 2005 May;435(7041):439–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lopes M, Cotta-Ramusino C, Pellicioli A, Liberi G, Plevani P, Muzi-Falconi M, et al. The DNA replication checkpoint response stabilizes stalled replication forks. Nature. 2001 Aug;412(6846):557–61.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lee M, Bieker G. Mastering. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Gunsel B, Jain AK, Tekalp AM, Sankur B, editors. Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security: International Workshop, MRCS 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, September 11-13, 2006. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Freudenburg WR, Gramling R, Laska S, Erikson KT. A “Helpful Explosion.” In: Gramling R, Laska S, Erikson KT, editors. Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow. Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics; 2012; pp 67–89.

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 Viszeralmedizin.

Blog post

Andrews R. Comet 67P Smells Like Cat Pee, Almonds, And Rotten Eggs [Internet]. IFLScience. 2016 Jun

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. A Working Glossary of Computer Software Terms. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Felix RC. Strengthening relationships for siblings in foster families: A grant proposal. 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

Barron J. Peter Allen Dies at 96; Longtime Host of Met Opera’s Radio Broadcasts. New York Times. 2016 Oct;B12.

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	Viszeralmedizin
Abbreviation	Viszeralmedizin
ISSN (print)	1662-6664
ISSN (online)	1662-6672
Scope	Gastroenterology Surgery