How to format your references using the Journal of Artificial Organs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Artificial Organs. 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. Wadman M. A merger too far? Nature. 2007;446:15.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Nanus DM, Giannakakou P. CANCER. Cancer therapies that are gone with the Wnt. Science. 2015;349:1283–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kaochar S, Paek AL, Weinert T. Genetics. Replication error amplified. Science. 2010;329:911–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hiasa M, Miyaji T, Haruna Y, Takeuchi T, Harada Y, Moriyama S, et al. Identification of a mammalian vesicular polyamine transporter. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6836.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Gelbaum BR. Modern Real and Complex Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1995.

An edited book

1. Koops B-J, Oosterlaken I, Romijn H, Swierstra T, van den Hoven J, editors. Responsible Innovation 2: Concepts, Approaches, and Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Maurer M, Klinger H, Benz A. Applying the Structural Complexity Management to Knowledge Transfer in Small and Medium-Sized Companies. In: Howlett RJ, editor. Innovation through Knowledge Transfer. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 51–60.

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 Journal of Artificial Organs.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. The World’s Most Sensitive Search For Dark Matter Is Up And Running [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/the-worlds-most-sensitive-search-for-dark-matter-is-up-and-running/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Independent Media Development Abroad: Challenges Exist in Implementing U.S. Efforts and Measuring Results. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005 Jul. Report No.: GAO-05-803.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. George KG. Revisiting “The Blue Line Blues”: Transit-Oriented Development in Inner-City Areas of Los Angeles County, 2000-2016 [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Callahan M. Suspense. New York Times. 2017 Oct 27;BR26.

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	Journal of Artificial Organs
Abbreviation	J. Artif. Organs
ISSN (print)	1434-7229
ISSN (online)	1619-0904
Scope	Biomedical Engineering Biomaterials Medicine (miscellaneous) Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine