BMC Surgery Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in BMC Surgery style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Surgery citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in BMC Surgery.

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How do you cite a book in the BMC Surgery referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in BMC Surgery

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Surgery using placeholders:
1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
BMC Surgery citation:
1. Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edition. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in BMC Surgery looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the BMC Surgery citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Surgery format?

To write a research paper, you need to incorporate sources. This means that you have to know how to format the sources in your academic paper. To cite someone else’s paper in BMC Surgery in your research, follow these simple steps.

Here’s a BMC Surgery journal citation example using placeholders:
1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume Issue:pages Used. doi:DOI.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in BMC Surgery: