How to format your references using the European Thyroid Journal citation style

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

Torres-Reveron A. Hispanic people start leaping over barriers to better jobs. Nature. 2009 Aug;460(7258):949.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fujiwara A, Takahashi Y. Manipulation of elementary charge in a silicon charge-coupled device. Nature. 2001 Mar;410(6828):560–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bai J, Virovets AV, Scheer M. Synthesis of inorganic fullerene-like molecules. Science. 2003 May;300(5620):781–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ludwig MZ, Bergman C, Patel NH, Kreitman M. Evidence for stabilizing selection in a eukaryotic enhancer element. Nature. 2000 Feb;403(6769):564–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pease G. Optimize Your Greatest Asset-Your People. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Lutz HT, Gharbi HA, editors. Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Infectious Tropical Diseases. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Lara MD, Doyen L. Optimal sequential decisions. In: Doyen L, editor. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Mathematical Models and Methods. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008; pp 107–51.

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 European Thyroid Journal.

Blog post

Luntz S. Mouse Lemurs Reveal Tale Of Madagascar’s Forests [Internet]. IFLScience. 2016 Jul [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mouse-lemurs-reveal-tale-of-madagascars-forests/

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. Food and Drug Administration: Effect of User Fees on Drug Approval Times, Withdrawals, and Other Agency Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Bontrager JG. Characterization and Applications for A Polymerized DiaCEST Contrast Agent. 2015

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

Cooper M. 6 Composers Chosen For Miller Portraits. New York Times. 2017 May;C3.

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	European Thyroid Journal
Abbreviation	Eur. Thyroid J.
ISSN (print)	2235-0640
ISSN (online)	2235-0802
Scope	Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism