How to format your references using the Burns citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Burns. 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

[1]

Brown GE Jr. Surface science. How minerals react with water. Science 2001;294:67–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Sennett R, Rendl M. Developmental biology. A scar is born: origins of fibrotic skin tissue. Science 2015;348:284–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Marty B, Dewonck S, France-Lanord C. Geochemical evidence for efficient aquifer isolation over geological timeframes. Nature 2003;425:55–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Lecellier C-H, Dunoyer P, Arar K, Lehmann-Che J, Eyquem S, Himber C, et al. A cellular microRNA mediates antiviral defense in human cells. Science 2005;308:557–60.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Gray DRJM, Al-Ani DMZ. Temporomandibular Disorders. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Chiu M-H, Tuan H-L, Wu H-K, Lin J-W, Chou C-C, editors. Chemistry Education and Sustainability in the Global Age. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Etherington EJ. Surrender Your Devices or Be Turned Away: Privacy Rights at the Border. In: Haltinner K, Sarathchandra D, Alves-Foss J, Chang K, Conte de Leon D, Song J, editors. Cyber Security: Second International Symposium, CSS 2015, Coeur d’Alene, ID, USA, April 7-8, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 49–56.

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 Burns.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. This Test Could Predict If You’ll Die Within Five Years. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-test-predict-if-youll-die-within-five-years/ (accessed October 30, 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. Drug Abuse: Research on Treatment May Not Address Current Needs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Alexander RT. Can the analytical hierarchy process model be effectively applied in the prioritization of information assurance defense in-depth measures? - a quantitative study. Doctoral dissertation. Capella 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

[1]

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Belarus: Europe Mission Chief Departs. New York Times 2002:A10.

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	Burns
Abbreviation	Burns
ISSN (print)	0305-4179
Scope	General Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Emergency Medicine Surgery