How to format your references using the Annals of Diagnostic Pathology citation style

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

[1]

Heyde M. Materials Science. Structure and motion of a 2D glass. Science 2013;342:201–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Allmann S, Baldwin IT. Insects betray themselves in nature to predators by rapid isomerization of green leaf volatiles. Science 2010;329:1075–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Muraoka T, Kinbara K, Aida T. Mechanical twisting of a guest by a photoresponsive host. Nature 2006;440:512–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Park S, Roelofs J, Kim W, Robert J, Schmidt M, Gygi SP, et al. Hexameric assembly of the proteasomal ATPases is templated through their C termini. Nature 2009;459:866–70.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Searle SR. Linear Models. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1997.

An edited book

[1]

Arnaldi S, Ferrari A, Magaudda P, Marin F, editors. Responsibility in Nanotechnology Development. vol. 13. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hamed O, Kimchi ET, Sehmbey M, Gusani NJ, Kaifi JT, Staveley-O’Carroll K. Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy: Hepatocellular Cancer. In: El-Deiry WS, editor. Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy, New York, NY: Springer; 2013, p. 67–90.

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 Diagnostic Pathology.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Can Handshake Strength Really Predict Your Mortality Risk? IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-handshake-strength-really-predict-your-health-risk/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Technology: America’s Schools Not Designed or Equipped for 21st Century. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Bladen L. Relationship of Embodied Nursing Knowledge and Client Outcomes in Home Health. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix, 2014.

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

[1]

Feeney K. Salads, Sandwiches, And Parking. New York Times 2008:NJ6.

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 Diagnostic Pathology
Abbreviation	Ann. Diagn. Pathol.
ISSN (print)	1092-9134
Scope	General Medicine Pathology and Forensic Medicine