How to format your references using the Annals of Behavioral Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 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

Jorgensen RA: Plant science. A window on the sophistication of plants. Science. 2011; 333:1103–1104.

A journal article with 2 authors

Egbert GD, Ray RD: Significant dissipation of tidal energy in the deep ocean inferred from satellite altimeter data. Nature. 2000; 405:775–778.

A journal article with 3 authors

Richards MP, Schulting RJ, Hedges REM: Archaeology: sharp shift in diet at onset of Neolithic. Nature. 2003; 425:366.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ohashi Y, Oka A, Rodrigues-Pousada R, et al.: Modulation of phospholipid signaling by GLABRA2 in root-hair pattern formation. Science. 2003; 300:1427–1430.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matte GS: Perfusion for Congenital Heart Surgery. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2015.

An edited book

Swanson DA: Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status: An Evaluation of Data and Methods. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Schlesinger TE: Device Clinical Trials. In: Nasir A, editor. Clinical Dermatology Trials 101: A Primer for Dermatologists. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. p. 59–72.

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 Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Blog post

Hale T: Here’s Why You Should Be Sleeping Naked. IFLScience. 2016; .

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: Environmental Satellites: Improvements Needed in NOAA’s Mitigation Strategies as It Prepares for Potential Satellite Coverage Gaps. 2015; .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Moody VJ: Examining leadership styles and employee engagement in the public and private sectors. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix. 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

Kelly BKB, Writer A, has covered Chicago politics for eight years: CHICAGO AND ITS MAYOR, TWO YEARS LATER. New York Times. 1985; 123.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Abbreviation	Ann. Behav. Med.
ISSN (print)	0883-6612
ISSN (online)	1532-4796
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health General Psychology