How to format your references using the American Journal of Translational Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Translational Research (AJTR). 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Chandler VL. Paramutation’s properties and puzzles. Science 2010; 330:628–629.

A journal article with 2 authors

Mirabel IF, Rodrigues I. Formation of a black hole in the dark. Science 2003; 300:1119–1120.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gorb EV, Purtov J, Gorb SN. Adhesion force measurements on the two wax layers of the waxy zone in Nepenthes alata pitchers. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5154.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Gordon JM, Feuermann D, Huleihil M, Mizrahi S, Shaco-Levy R. Fibre optics: surgery by sunlight on live animals. Nature 2003; 424:510.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Karr R. Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Mumtaz S, Rodriguez J, Katz M, Wang C, Nascimento A (Eds.). Wireless Internet: 8th International Conference, WICON 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, November 13-14, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Wagner M, Misaghi S, Ploegh HL. Immunoevasive Strategies: Host and Virus. In: Palese P, editor. Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005. p. 65–94.

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 American Journal of Translational Research.

Blog post

Hale T. Watch Tuffy The Bear Jump For Joy After Being Rescued From A Bile Farm. IFLScience 2016; .

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. Federal Student Aid: Additional Management Improvements Would Clarify Strategic Direction and Enhance Accountability. 2002; .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Beck J. An Inquiry into Theory Use in HCI Research. Doctoral dissertation. Indiana University. 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

Poniewozik J. Rebooting the Dawn of Silicon Valley. New York Times 2016; C1.

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	American Journal of Translational Research
ISSN (online)	1943-8141
Scope