How to format your references using the European Urology Supplements citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Urology Supplements. 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]

Ray LB. Metabolism. Metabolism is not boring. Introduction. Science 2010;330:1337.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Rioux JD, Abbas AK. Paths to understanding the genetic basis of autoimmune disease. Nature 2005;435:584–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Iguchi I, Yamaguchi T, Sugimoto A. Diamagnetic activity above Tc as a precursor to superconductivity in La2-xSrxCuO4 thin films. Nature 2001;412:420–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Mann ME, Zhang Z, Rutherford S, Bradley RS, Hughes MK, Shindell D, et al. Global signatures and dynamical origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly. Science 2009;326:1256–60.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Noordenbos G. Recovery from Eating Disorders. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Huffnagle GB, Noverr MC, editors. GI Microbiota and Regulation of the Immune System. vol. 635. New York, NY: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Baker BJ, Amsler CD, McClintock JB. Macroalgal Chemical Defenses in Polar Marine Communities. In: Amsler CD, editor. Algal Chemical Ecology, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008, p. 91–103.

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 Urology Supplements.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. New Species Of Mammal Discovered in Africa. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-species-mammal-discovered-africa/ (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. Guaranteed Student Loans: Guidelines for Reducing Guaranty Agency Reserves. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Owen AK. Preventive health behaviors: A look at the correlation between regular physical activity and routine cervical cancer screening. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Schmidt MS. Comey Wanted President Kept At a Distance. New York Times 2017:A1.

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 Urology Supplements
Abbreviation	Eur. Urol. Suppl.
ISSN (print)	1569-9056
Scope	Urology