How to format your references using the Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology) citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology). 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

Sibum HO. Beyond the ivory tower. What kind of science is experimental physics? Science. 2004 Oct 1;306(5693):60–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hegde D, Mowery DC. Research funding. Politics and funding in the U.S. public biomedical R&D system. Science. 2008 Dec 19;322(5909):1797–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Klak C, Reeves G, Hedderson T. Unmatched tempo of evolution in Southern African semi-desert ice plants. Nature. 2004 Jan 1;427(6969):63–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tomari Y, Matranga C, Haley B, Martinez N, Zamore PD. A protein sensor for siRNA asymmetry. Science. 2004 Nov 19;306(5700):1377–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Dimond BC. Legal Aspects of Radiography and Radiology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Carneiro R, Lefrere P, Steffens K, Underwood J, editors. Self-Regulated Learning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments: A European Perspective. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2011. X, 163 p. (Technology Enhanced Learning; vol. 5).

A chapter in an edited book

Wang Y, Liu X, Wang G. Indirect Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control. In: Wang X, Wang F, Zhong S, editors. Electrical, Information Engineering and Mechatronics 2011: Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Electrical, Information Engineering and Mechatronics (EIEM 2011). London: Springer; 2012. p. 43–9. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering).

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 Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology).

Blog post

Fang J. Costa Rican Surge In Snakebites Linked To El Niño Cycles. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. The National Institute of Education Should Further Increase Minority and Female Participation in Its Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 Nov. Report No.: HRD-81-3.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Aramphongphun C. In-mold Coating of Thermoplastic and Composite Parts: Microfluidics and Rheology [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Hearing On Media Curbs. New York Times. 2003 Oct 14;A6.

In-text citations

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

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	Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia (Brazilian Journal of Rheumatology)
Abbreviation	Rev. Bras. Reumatol.
ISSN (print)	0482-5004
ISSN (online)	1809-4570
Scope