This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.
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. |
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| EndNote | Download the output style file |
| Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others | The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs. |
| BibTeX | BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal. |
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 Mouillet D. Astronomy. Nearby planetary disks. Science. 2004;303(5666):1982-1983. A journal article with 2 authorsTakano Y, Ukezono M. An experimental task to examine the mirror system in rats. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6652.
A journal article with 3 authorsThürmer K, Hwang RQ, Bartelt NC. Surface self-organization caused by dislocation networks. Science. 2006;311(5765):1272-1274.
A journal article with 7 or more authorsYu Y, Tong Q, Li Z, et al. Improved site-specific recombinase-based method to produce selectable marker- and vector-backbone-free transgenic cells. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4240.
Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.
An authored book Coles A, Hawkins DG. MIDAS Technical Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011. An edited bookMarti U, ed. Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems: Proceedings of the IAG Symposium GGHS2012, October 9-12, 2012, Venice, Italy. Vol 141. Springer International Publishing; 2014.
A chapter in an edited bookCong J, Luo G. 3D Physical Design. In: Papanikolaou A, Soudris D, Radojcic R, eds. Three Dimensional System Integration: IC Stacking Process and Design. Springer US; 2011:73-100.
Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Luntz S. A Metabolism Booster That Might Actually Be Real. IFLScience. Published July 27, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-metabolism-booster-that-might-actually-be-real/
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 reportGovernment Accountability Office. Federal Funds Misused by the School System in Trimble County, Kentucky. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1971.
Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.
Doctoral dissertationForlizzi ML. Congruency of Supervisor and Counselor Perceptions of Actual and Preferred Counselor Work Behaviors. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University; 2008.
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 Walsh MW. In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim At Pension Costs. New York Times. June 20, 2010:A1.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 .
| Full journal title | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
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| Abbreviation | Plast. Reconstr. Surg. |
| ISSN (print) | 0032-1052 |
| ISSN (online) | 1529-4242 |
| Scope | Surgery |