How to format your references using the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine (APJTM). 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]

Kraus VB. Osteoarthritis: The zinc link. Nature 2014;507(7493):441–442.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Weber TS, Deutsch C. Ocean nutrient ratios governed by plankton biogeography. Nature 2010;467(7315):550–554.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Han C, Ding H, Lv F. Demonstration of a refractometric sensor based on an optical micro-fiber three-beam interferometer. Sci Rep 2014;4:7504.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Berthe M, Stiufiuc R, Grandidier B, Deresmes D, Delerue C, Stiévenard D. Probing the carrier capture rate of a single quantum level. Science 2008;319(5862):436–438.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Angueira P, Romo JA. Microwave Line of Sight Link Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Núñez AA. Hybrid Predictive Control for Dynamic Transport Problems. Springer: London, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Scholz V, Heiermann M, Kaulfuss P. Sustainability of Energy Crop Cultivation in Central Europe. In: Lichtfouse E, editor. Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2010: 109–145.

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 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

O`Callaghan J. SpaceX May Start Launching Rockets Again On December 16. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-may-start-launching-rockets-again-on-december-16/ (accessed 30 Oct 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. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Stephens AH. William Harold Fletcher (b. 1923): His life and career in music education at Oklahoma Christian University, 1950–2012. 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]

Corkery M. Sales Drop at Macy’s Punishes Its Stock. New York Times. 2017;:B5.

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	Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Abbreviation	Asian Pac. J. Trop. Med.
ISSN (print)	1995-7645
ISSN (online)	2352-4146
Scope	General Medicine