How to format your references using the Acta Radiologica citation style

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

Hyun I. Policy: Regulate embryos made for research. Nature 2014;509:27–28.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ochman H, Raghavan R. Systems biology. Excavating the functional landscape of bacterial cells. Science 2009;326:1200–1201.

A journal article with 3 authors

Maruyama M, Lam KP, Rajewsky K. Memory B-cell persistence is independent of persisting immunizing antigen. Nature 2000;407:636–642.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Wolfe CJ, Solomon SC, Laske G, et al. Mantle shear-wave velocity structure beneath the Hawaiian hot spot. Science 2009;326:1388–1390.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sobel A. All for One. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

An edited book

Prabhu A. Introducing Materialize. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Pastuszak AW, Khera M. Erectile Dysfunction: Etiology and Risk Factors. In: Köhler TS, McVary KT (eds) Contemporary Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Clinical Guide. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016:57–70.

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 Radiologica.

Blog post

Hale T. Incredible Video Shows Floating Fire Ant Raft In The South Carolina Floods. IFLScience Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/incredible-video-shows-floating-fire-ant-raft-south-carolina-floods/. 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018.

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. Health Information Technology: HHS is Continuing Efforts to Define Its National Strategy. GAO-06-1071T, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 1, 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mitchell SF. Life-review therapy: A prevention program for the elderly who are experiencing life transitions. A grant proposal. Doctoral Dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2009.

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

Luongo MT. Capturing A City at War With Itself. New York Times, August 13, 2017, C1.

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 Radiologica
Abbreviation	Acta Radiol.
ISSN (print)	0284-1851
ISSN (online)	1600-0455
Scope	General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology