How to format your references using the Basic and Clinical Andrology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Basic and Clinical 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	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

1. Linsky JL. Astronomy. Voyagers of discovery. Science. 2011;334:1647–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Budd AF, Pandolfi JM. Evolutionary novelty is concentrated at the edge of coral species distributions. Science. 2010;328:1558–61.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Vannucchi P, Remitti F, Bettelli G. Geological record of fluid flow and seismogenesis along an erosive subducting plate boundary. Nature. 2008;451:699–703.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. von Ahn L, Maurer B, McMillen C, Abraham D, Blum M. reCAPTCHA: human-based character recognition via Web security measures. Science. 2008;321:1465–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Moreau N. Tools for Signal Compression. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Mandal JK, Satapathy SC, Kumar Sanyal M, Sarkar PP, Mukhopadhyay A, editors. Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications: Proceedings of Second International Conference INDIA 2015, Volume 2. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Bhansali A, Gogate Y. Cushing’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Gogate Y, editor. Clinical Rounds in Endocrinology: Volume I - Adult Endocrinology. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015. p. 95–124.

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 Basic and Clinical Andrology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Researchers Make Significant Progress In The Development Of An Alzheimer’s Blood Test [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-make-significant-progress-development-alzheimers-blood-test/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Review of a Computer Hardware Acquisition for NOAA in Boulder, Colorado. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1981 Sep. Report No.: AFMD-81-92.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Crider MC. The social and environmental effects of shrimp mariculture: Case studies of two coastal villages in Ecuador [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic University; 2012.

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

1. Shpigel B. Start of Chiefs-Steelers Game Moved to Sunday Night. New York Times. 2017 Jan 13;D4.

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	Basic and Clinical Andrology
Abbreviation	Basic Clin. Androl.
ISSN (print)	1166-2654
ISSN (online)	2051-4190
Scope	Reproductive Medicine Urology