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]

Schreiner PR. Chemistry. Cooperativity tames reactive catalysts. Science 2010;327:965–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Frégnac Y, Laurent G. Neuroscience: Where is the brain in the Human Brain Project? Nature 2014;513:27–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Assender H, Bliznyuk V, Porfyrakis K. How surface topography relates to materials’ properties. Science 2002;297:973–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Strukov DB, Snider GS, Stewart DR, Williams RS. The missing memristor found. Nature 2008;453:80–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pruitt G. The Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System Toolbox + Website. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Wang Y. Optimal Trajectory Planning and Train Scheduling for Urban Rail Transit Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Keshari PK. Foreign Multinationals and Domestic Enterprises: Comparison of Their Technological and Other Characteristics in the Indian Machinery Industry. In: Siddharthan NS, Narayanan K, editors. Technology: Corporate and Social Dimensions, Singapore: Springer; 2016, p. 57–88.

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]

Luntz S. Unenthusiastic Sex Doesn’t Make You Happy. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/unenthusiastic-sex-doesnt-make-you-happy/ (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. High Performance Computing and Communications: New Program Direction Would Benefit from a More Focused Effort. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Zepeda S. Housing First assertive community treatment program for adults with schizophrenia and co-occurring substance abuse: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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

[1]

Wagner J. After Striking Out, Nationals Swing a Trade. New York Times 2016:B12.

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

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