How to format your references using the Translational Stroke Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Translational Stroke Research. 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. Ball P. Beyond the bond. Nature. 2011;469:26–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Crida A, Charnoz S. Formation of regular satellites from ancient massive rings in the solar system. Science. 2012;338:1196–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Pool JA, Lobkovsky E, Chirik PJ. Hydrogenation and cleavage of dinitrogen to ammonia with a zirconium complex. Nature. 2004;427:527–30.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Nefedov IS, Valagiannopoulos CA, Hashemi SM, Nefedov EI. Total absorption in asymmetric hyperbolic media. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2662.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Sanchez A, Carro B. Digital Services in the 21st Century. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Jung HY, Embree L, editors. Political Phenomenology: Essays in Memory of Petee Jung. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Blank W, Annema JT, Veseliç M, Rabe KF. Mediastinum. In: Mathis G, editor. Chest Sonography. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 115–39.

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 Translational Stroke Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Hitchhiking Robot Treks Across Canada. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. Government Computer Acquisition Practices. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1972 Sep. Report No.: B-115369.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Garfield-Kabbara JN. Through the Portal of Shame: A Path Toward Self-Love for Fatherless Daughters Living in Patriarchy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Carpinteria, CA]: Pacifica Graduate Institute; 2014.

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. Poniewozik J. Big Ideas and Short-Term Stays. New York Times. 2017 Jul 26;C6.

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	Translational Stroke Research
Abbreviation	Transl. Stroke Res.
ISSN (print)	1868-4483
ISSN (online)	1868-601X
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical Neurology General Neuroscience