How to format your references using the World Allergy Organization Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for World Allergy Organization Journal. 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. Cock M. Biopiracy rules should not block biological control. Nature. 2010;467:369.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chen Z-H, Schaap P. The prokaryote messenger c-di-GMP triggers stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium. Nature. 2012;488:680–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Olsen A, Vantipalli MC, Lithgow GJ. Checkpoint proteins control survival of the postmitotic cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. Science. 2006;312:1381–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Yao M, Goult BT, Chen H, Cong P, Sheetz MP, Yan J. Mechanical activation of vinculin binding to talin locks talin in an unfolded conformation. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4610.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Likhtenshtein G. Solar Energy Conversion. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2012.

An edited book

1. Petrosino A, editor. Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2013: 17th International Conference, Naples, Italy, September 9-13, 2013. Proceedings, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Compagni VP. Tutius Ignorare Quam Scire: Cornelius Agrippa and Scepticism. In: Paganini G, Neto JRM, editors. Renaissance Scepticisms. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008. p. 91–110.

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 World Allergy Organization Journal.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Wedge-Tailed Eagles Keep Attacking A Mining Company’s Drones [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/wedgetailed-eagles-keep-attacking-a-mining-companys-drones/. 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. Office of Federal Student Aid: Better Strategic and Human Capital Planning Would Help Sustain Management Progress. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Oct. Report No.: GAO-05-31.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Eldanaf RG. Angry Cherub [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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. Schlossberg T, Tabuchi H. Settlements for Company Sins Can No Longer Aid Other Projects. New York Times. 2017 Jun 10;A1.

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	World Allergy Organization Journal
Abbreviation	World Allergy Organ. J.
ISSN (online)	1939-4551
Scope	Immunology and Allergy