How to format your references using the Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction. 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

Kamionkowski M (2009) Astrophysics: Gravity ripples chased. Nature 460:964–965

A journal article with 2 authors

Liu Y, Ang LK (2013) Motion-induced radiation from electrons moving in Maxwell’s fish-eye. Sci Rep 3:3065

A journal article with 3 authors

Douglas SM, Bachelet I, Church GM (2012) A logic-gated nanorobot for targeted transport of molecular payloads. Science 335:831–834

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Hanna J, Saha K, Pando B, et al (2009) Direct cell reprogramming is a stochastic process amenable to acceleration. Nature 462:595–601

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jank W, Shmueli G (2010) Modeling Online Auctions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Liao H, Linte CA, Masamune K, et al (2013) Augmented Reality Environments for Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Interventions: 6th International Workshop, MIAR 2013 and 8th International Workshop, AE-CAI 2013, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2013, Nagoya, Japan, September 22, 2013. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Yuan W, Hu L, Li H, Chu J (2012) Cryptanalysis of an Enhanced Event Signature Protocols for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. In: He X, Hua E, Lin Y, Liu X (eds) Computer, Informatics, Cybernetics and Applications: Proceedings of the CICA 2011. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 37–44

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 Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction.

Blog post

Taub B (2016) Children Of Holocaust Babies Face Greater Risk Of Severe Schizophrenia. In: IFLScience. 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

Government Accountability Office (2009) National Airspace System: Regional Airport Planning Could Help Address Congestion If Plans Were Integrated with FAA and Airport Decision Making. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lieberman V (2012) One yard shy of empowerment: Cinematic portrayals of female athletes. Doctoral dissertation, Florida Atlantic University

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

Poniewozik J (2017) A Hero’s Journey Is a Real Head Trip. New York Times C1

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	Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
Abbreviation	Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr.
ISSN (print)	1828-8936
ISSN (online)	1828-8928
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine