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How to format your references using the Acta Medica Philippina citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Medica Philippina. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles 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
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Benenson Y. Engineering. Recombinatorial logic. Science. 2013 May 3;340(6132):554–5.
A journal article with 2 authors
1.
Selosse MA, Rousset F. Evolution. The plant-fungal marketplace. Science. 2011 Aug 12;333(6044):828–9.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Yekta S, Shih IH, Bartel DP. MicroRNA-directed cleavage of HOXB8 mRNA. Science. 2004 Apr 23;304(5670):594–6.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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La Porta A, Voth GA, Crawford AM, Alexander J, Bodenschatz E. Fluid particle accelerations in fully developed turbulence. Nature. 2001 Feb 22;409(6823):1017–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Ruske W. Verlag Chemie 1921-1971. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 1971.
An edited book
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Fehlman WL. Mobile Robot Navigation with Intelligent Infrared Image Interpretation. Hinders MK, editor. London: Springer; 2009. XXIX, 274 p.
A chapter in an edited book
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De Pasquale R, Dinotta F, Micali G. Le lesioni elementari. In: Innocenzi D, Fabbrocini G, Monfrecola G, Tosti A, Veraldi S, editors. Le basi della dermatologia: Anatomia · Fisiologia · Lesioni elementari · Indagini diagnostiche · Correlazioni clinico-patologiche · Note di terapia. Milano: Springer; 2011. p. 83–115.

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 Acta Medica Philippina.

Blog post
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Andrew E. The Autonomous Killing Systems Of The Future Are Already Here, They’re Just Not Necessarily Weapons – Yet [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/autonomous-killing-systems-future-are-already-here-they-re-just-not-necessarily-weapons/

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
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Government Accountability Office. 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005 Feb. Report No.: GAO-05-325SP-CD.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
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Dickinson S. Best practices in integrating acquisitions [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2013.

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
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Crow K. As Plans for Marsh Dry Up, Park’s Neighbors Complain. New York Times. 2001 Aug 5;145.

In-text citations

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.

About the journal

Full journal titleActa Medica Philippina
ISSN (online)2094-9278
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