How to format your references using the World Journal of Anesthesiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for World Journal of Anesthesiology. 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

Brook EJ. Atmospheric science. Tiny bubbles tell all. Science 2005; 310: 1285–1287.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hernanz M, Sala G. A classical nova, V2487 Oph 1998, seen in x-rays before and after its explosion. Science 2002; 298: 393–395.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ta VD, Chen R, Sun HD. Tuning whispering gallery mode lasing from self-assembled polymer droplets. Sci Rep 2013; 3: 1362.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Xie Q, Hu Z, Zhu Z, Dong T, Zhao Z, Cui B, Chen G. Overexpression of a novel MADS-box gene SlFYFL delays senescence, fruit ripening and abscission in tomato. Sci Rep 2014; 4: 4367.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Marti P. Theory of Structures. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

An edited book

Rahman A-U-, Khan AN, Shaw R (eds). Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Pakistan. Tokyo: Springer Japan

A chapter in an edited book

Beyleveld D, Pattinson SD. Individual Rights, Social Justice, and the Allocation of Advances in Biotechnology. In: Boylan M, editor. Public Health Policy and Ethics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2005: 59–72.

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 Journal of Anesthesiology.

Blog post

Luntz S. The Earliest Life In The Universe Could Have Formed On Planets Made Of Diamond. IFLScience. 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/carbon-planets-may-have-been-lifes-original-cradles/

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. Financing College Facilities: Factors Limit Connie Lee’s Ability to Help More Schools. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lewis TL. Quantitative approach to technical performance measurement and technical risk analysis utilizing Bayesian methods and Monte Carlo simulation. 2010.

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

Vlasic B, Walsh MW. G.M. Plans Big Buyouts For Retirees In Pension. New York Times. 2012; : B1.

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 Journal of Anesthesiology
ISSN (online)	2218-6182
Scope