How to format your references using the Expert Review of Ophthalmology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Expert Review of Ophthalmology. 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]

Varki A. Glycan-based interactions involving vertebrate sialic-acid-recognizing proteins. Nature. 2007;446(7139):1023–1029.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Scully MO, Svidzinsky AA. Physics. The Lamb shift--yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Science. 2010;328(5983):1239–1241.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Aoi S, Kunugi T, Fujiwara H. Trampoline effect in extreme ground motion. Science. 2008;322(5902):727–730.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Whibley AC, Langlade NB, Andalo C, et al. Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum. Science. 2006;313(5789):963–966.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Schwartz D. The Future of Finance. 2 Clementi Loop, #02-01, Singapore 129809: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Behrisch M, Krajzewicz D, Weber M, editors. Simulation of Urban Mobility: First International Conference, SUMO 2013, Berlin, Germany, May 15-17, 2013. Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ren Y, An H, Sun T, et al. Dynamic Resource Tuning for Flexible Core Chip Multiprocessors. In: Hsu C-H, Yang LT, Park JH, et al., editors. Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing: 10th International Conference, ICA3PP 2010, Busan, Korea, May 21-23, 2010 Workshops, Part II. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 32–41.

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 Expert Review of Ophthalmology.

Blog post

[1]

O`Callaghan J. Weight Loss Surgery May Alter Gut Microbes To Help Keep Fighting Obesity [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/weight-loss-surgery-may-alter-gut-microbes-help-keep-fighting-obesity/.

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. Information Technology: Investment Oversight and Management Have Improved but Continued Attention Is Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011. Report No.: GAO-11-454T. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Britigan DH. Health information sources and health literacy levels of Latinos in a midwestern tri -state area [Doctoral dissertation]. [Cincinnati, OH]: University of Cincinnati; 2009.

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]

Crow K. Posters of Upscale Batterers Show That Class Offers No Immunity. New York Times. 2002 Dec 8;146.

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	Expert Review of Ophthalmology
Abbreviation	Expert Rev. Ophthalmol.
ISSN (print)	1746-9899
ISSN (online)	1746-9902
Scope	Biomedical Engineering Ophthalmology Optometry