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

Di Santo JP. Immunology. A guardian of T cell fate. Science. 2010;329(5987):44-45.

A journal article with 2 authors

Marmorstein R, Simon MC. Structural biology: Hypoxia response becomes crystal clear. Nature. 2015;524(7565):298-300.

A journal article with 3 authors

Thompson JK, Peterson MR, Freeman RD. Single-neuron activity and tissue oxygenation in the cerebral cortex. Science. 2003;299(5609):1070-1072.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rosebeck S, Madden L, Jin X, et al. Cleavage of NIK by the API2-MALT1 fusion oncoprotein leads to noncanonical NF-kappaB activation. Science. 2011;331(6016):468-472.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Minns P, Elliott I. FSM-Based Digital Design Using Verilog HDL. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Ferrández Vicente JM, Álvarez-Sánchez JR, de la Paz López F, Toledo-Moreo FJ, Adeli H, eds. Bioinspired Computation in Artificial Systems: International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2015, Elche, Spain, June 1-5, 2015, Proceedings, Part II. Vol 9108. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Auger P, de la Parra RB, Poggiale JC, Sánchez E, Nguyen-Huu T. Aggregation of Variables and Applications to Population Dynamics. In: Magal P, Ruan S, eds. Structured Population Models in Biology and Epidemiology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Springer; 2008:209-263.

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 D. Meet Savannasaurus, Australia’s Newest Titanosaur. IFLScience. October 21, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-savannasaurus-australias-newest-titanosaur/

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. Telecommunications: Additional Coordination and Performance Measurement Needed for High-Speed Internet Access Programs on Tribal Lands. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sherwin PR. The Disconnection between High School and College: A Study of Retention of Students Who Are at Risk of Leaving College before Completing a Degree. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University; 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 DA. Take Me to Starbucks if You Can’t Amuse Me. New York Times. December 5, 2007:H10.

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