How to format your references using the Archives of General Psychiatry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Archives of General Psychiatry. 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

Squire LR. Neuroscience. Rapid consolidation. Science. 2007;316(5821):57-58.

A journal article with 2 authors

Barton RA, Harvey PH. Mosaic evolution of brain structure in mammals. Nature. 2000;405(6790):1055-1058.

A journal article with 3 authors

Yang C, Zhong Z, Lieber CM. Encoding electronic properties by synthesis of axial modulation-doped silicon nanowires. Science. 2005;310(5752):1304-1307.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Delamarre L, Pack M, Chang H, Mellman I, Trombetta ES. Differential lysosomal proteolysis in antigen-presenting cells determines antigen fate. Science. 2005;307(5715):1630-1634.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stoican F, Olaru S. Set-Theoretic Fault-Tolerant Control in Multisensor Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Teichler U, Cummings WK, eds. Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession. Vol 14. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Sandau R. Structure of a Digital Airborne Camera. In: Sandau R, ed. Digital Airborne Camera: Introduction and Technology. Springer Netherlands; 2010:143-259.

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 Archives of General Psychiatry.

Blog post

Andrew E. Giant Squid Tries To Steal Fish From Russian Fishing Boat. IFLScience. July 31, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/russian-fishermen-push-large-squid-away-their-tasty-fish/

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. Public-Safety Broadband Network: FirstNet Should Strengthen Internal Controls and Evaluate Lessons Learned. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Panjabi C. Real and Imagined Immigrant Identities in the Public Sphere: Representations of South Asian Women in Literary and Television Media. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University; 2010.

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

Ruiz RR, Longman J. Brazil’s Economic Woes Force Paralympic Cuts. New York Times. August 19, 2016:D2.

In-text citations

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

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	Archives of General Psychiatry
Abbreviation	Arch. Gen. Psychiatry
ISSN (print)	0003-990X
ISSN (online)	1538-3636
Scope	Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Psychiatry and Mental health