How to format your references using the Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 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	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.

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

Kramer A. Circadian rhythms. When the circadian clock becomes blind. Science 2015;347:476–477.

A journal article with 2 authors

Paterson I, Anderson EA. Chemistry. The renaissance of natural products as drug candidates. Science 2005;310:451–453.

A journal article with 3 authors

Oliet SH, Piet R, Poulain DA. Control of glutamate clearance and synaptic efficacy by glial coverage of neurons. Science 2001;292:923–926.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Louzada VHP, Araújo NAM, Andrade JS Jr, Herrmann HJ. Breathing synchronization in interconnected networks. Sci Rep 2013;3:3289.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Shunmugaperumal T. Biofilm Eradication and Prevention. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

An edited book

Zhao Y. Multi-band Polarization Imaging and Applications. 1st ed. 2016. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2016

A chapter in an edited book

Holck DEE, DeBacker CM, Cole H “chip”. The Transtemporal Subperiosteal Approach for Midface Lifting. In: Hartstein ME, Wulc AE, Holck DEE, eds. Midfacial Rejuvenation. New York, NY: Springer, 2012, 39–47.

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 Psychiatrica Scandinavica.

Blog post

Andrews R. World’s Ten Most Dangerous Volcanoes Identified. IFLScience. 2015.https://www.iflscience.com/environment/worlds-ten-most-dangerous-volcanoes-identified-new-list/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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. Vulnerability of the Computer Society. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lupian S. Educating the Latino community on the relationship between obesity and psychosocial well being. 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

Paulson M. The Flea Makes a Big Move in TriBeCa. New York Times. 2017;:C8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Abbreviation	Acta Psychiatr. Scand.
ISSN (print)	0001-690X
ISSN (online)	1600-0447
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health