How to format your references using the Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBMS). 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. Michelson AM. Developmental biology. From genetic association to genetic switch. Science 2008; 322:1803–1804.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Buskirk AR and Green R. Biochemistry. Getting past polyproline pauses. Science 2013; 339:38–39.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ringstad N, Abe N, and Horvitz HR. Ligand-gated chloride channels are receptors for biogenic amines in C. elegans. Science 2009; 325:96–100.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Polynkin P, Kolesik M, Moloney JV, Siviloglou GA, and Christodoulides DN. Curved plasma channel generation using ultraintense Airy beams. Science 2009; 324:229–232.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Arboleda H and Royer J-C. Model-Driven and Software Product Line Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Sakai K, Hirayama N, and Tamura R, editors. Novel Optical Resolution Technologies. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. (Topics in Current Chemistry; vol. 269).

A chapter in an edited book

1. Heinhuis D and de Vries EJ. Modelling Customer Behaviour in Multi-channel Service Distribution. In: Kundisch D, Veit DJ, Weitzel T, and Weinhardt C, editors. Enterprise Applications and Services in the Finance Industry: 4th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2008, Paris, France, December 13, 2008. Revised Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009; 47–63. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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 Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Fire Tornadoes: One More Way Earth Is Trying To Kill You. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014; [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: URL: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/fire-tornadoes-one-more-way-earth-trying-kill-you/

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. Federal Oversight of State Medicaid Management Information Systems Could Be Further Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 Jul. Report No.: HRD-82-99.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Rutherford KB. 500 Year Chenier, Architecture, Cultural Identity, and Land Change ‘Identification in a Dynamic Place’ [Doctoral dissertation]. Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana; 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. Kenigsberg B. Film Series. New York Times. 2017; C32.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
ISSN (print)	2008-3866
ISSN (online)	2008-3874
Scope