How to format your references using the Asian Journal of Andrology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Journal of Andrology. 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	Download the output style file
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

Field JK. Perspective: The screening imperative. Nature. 2014 Sep 11;513(7517):S7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cheng L, AghaKouchak A. Nonstationary precipitation Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves for infrastructure design in a changing climate. Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 18;4:7093.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kellis M, Birren BW, Lander ES. Proof and evolutionary analysis of ancient genome duplication in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature. 2004 Apr 8;428(6983):617–24.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Bozzini B, Amati M, Gregoratti L, Kiskinova M. In-situ photoelectron microspectroscopy and imaging of electrochemical processes at the electrodes of a self-driven cell. Sci Rep. 2013 Oct 4;3:2848.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gasser W, Heiner E, Elk K. Greensche Funktionen in Festkörper- und Vielteilchenphysik. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

Lagorio SL. Early Cretaceous Volcanism in Central and Eastern Argentina During Gondwana Break-Up. Vizán H, Geuna SE, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. X, 141 p. 39 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences).

A chapter in an edited book

Ayers M. Locke’s Account of Abstract Ideas—Again. In: Hutton S, Schuurman P, editors. Studies on Locke: Sources, Contemporaries, and Legacy. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008. p. 59–73. (Archives Internationales D’Histoire Des Idées / International Archives of The History of Ideas).

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 Asian Journal of Andrology.

Blog post

Carpineti A. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Charon Helps Pluto Keep Its Atmosphere. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/charon-helps-pluto-keep-its-atmosphere/

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. Aviation Security: Progress Made, but Challenges Persist in Meeting the Screening Mandate for Air Cargo. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Mar. Report No.: GAO-11-413T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fuentez OL. Proposition 21: Juveniles tried as adults [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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

Kelly K, Stevenson A. Capital Drama Rattles Wall St. And Stocks Dive. New York Times. 2017 May 17;A1.

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	Asian Journal of Andrology
Abbreviation	Asian J. Androl.
ISSN (print)	1008-682X
ISSN (online)	1745-7262
Scope	General Medicine Urology