How to format your references using the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. 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

Pokrovsky V. Science policy. Russia targets Western ties. Science. 2015 Jul 17;349(6245):224–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cooper KM, Kent AJR. Rapid remobilization of magmatic crystals kept in cold storage. Nature. 2014 Feb 27;506(7489):480–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kearns M, Suri S, Montfort N. An experimental study of the coloring problem on human subject networks. Science. 2006 Aug 11;313(5788):824–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Keller M, Lange B, Hayasaka K, Lange W, Walther H. Continuous generation of single photons with controlled waveform in an ion-trap cavity system. Nature. 2004 Oct 28;431(7012):1075–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Taber DF. Organic Synthesis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

Nikolaidis Y, editor. Quality Management in Reverse Logistics: A Broad Look on Quality Issues and Their Interaction with Closed-Loop Supply Chains. London: Springer; 2013. XII, 160 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Mukherjee J. HIV/AIDS Care: The Minimum Package and Scaling Up. In: Celentano DD, Beyrer C, editors. Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries: Epidemiology, Prevention and Care. New York, NY: Springer; 2009. p. 71–84.

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 Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.

Blog post

Carpineti A. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016. Astronomers Just Discovered Something Orbiting Our Galaxy.

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. Space Acquisitions: DOD Faces Challenges in Fully Realizing Benefits of Satellite Acquisition Improvements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Mar. Report No.: GAO-12-563T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pookcharoen S. Metacognitive online reading strategies among Thai EFL university students [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2009.

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

Pilon M. For Men, Sport’s Stigma Dampens Appeal. New York Times. 2012 Aug 12;SP7.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
Abbreviation	Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol.
ISSN (print)	0003-4894
Scope	General Medicine Otorhinolaryngology