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

Cook-Deegan R. Public health. Boosting health services research. Science. 2011 Sep;333(6048):1384–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wang L, Anderson DJ. Identification of an aggression-promoting pheromone and its receptor neurons in Drosophila. Nature. 2010 Jan;463(7278):227–31.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hattori Y, Tomonaga M, Matsuzawa T. Spontaneous synchronized tapping to an auditory rhythm in a chimpanzee. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1566.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Gales NJ, Kasuya T, Clapham PJ, Brownell RL Jr. Japan’s whaling plan under scrutiny. Nature. 2005 Jun;435(7044):883–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Recho N. Fracture Mechanics and Crack Growth. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Atluri V, Diaz C, editors. Computer Security – ESORICS 2011: 16th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-14,2011. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Jones D. Dermal Fillers. In: Goldberg DJ, editor. Facial Rejuvenation: A Total Approach. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007; pp 105–23.

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. Prominent Astronomy Professor Accused Of Repeatedly Sexually Harassing Students [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Oct

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. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs: Distribution of Fiscal Year 2000 Indian Reservation Roads Funds. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Toler RL. Structural Equation Modeling of Advertising Involvement, Consumer Attitude, and Engagement for Video Advertising in a Social Networking Site. 2017

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

Surico J. Queens Woman Killed in Attack by Her Dog. New York Times. 2017 Feb;A25.

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

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