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

Goode J. Viticulture: Fruity with a hint of drought. Nature. 2012 Dec;492(7429):351–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Buzsáki G, Draguhn A. Neuronal oscillations in cortical networks. Science. 2004 Jun;304(5679):1926–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ward CV, Kimbel WH, Johanson DC. Complete fourth metatarsal and arches in the foot of Australopithecus afarensis. Science. 2011 Feb;331(6018):750–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lu W, Ridgwell A, Thomas E, Hardisty DS, Luo G, Algeo TJ, et al. Late inception of a resiliently oxygenated upper ocean. Science. 2018 Jul;361(6398):174–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stanoyevitch A. Introduction to Numerical Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Using MATLAB®. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.

An edited book

Mancuso S, editor. Measuring Roots: An Updated Approach. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Fox PF, Uniacke-Lowe T, McSweeney PLH, O’Mahony JA. Milk Proteins. In: Uniacke-Lowe T, McSweeney PLH, O’Mahony JA, editors. Dairy Chemistry and Biochemistry. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015; pp 145–239.

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

Andrew E. How The Bacteria In Our Gut Affect Our Cravings For Food [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 Nov

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. Highway User Fees: Updated Data Needed to Determine Whether All Users Pay Their Fair Share. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Colker JO. A grounded theory approach to developing a theory of leadership through a case study of ShoreBank. 2008

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

Walsh MW. State Bonds In Jeopardy As Tobacco Cash Fades. New York Times. 2012 May;B1.

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