How to format your references using the Australasian Journal of Dermatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 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

Viseu A. Integration of social science into research is crucial. Nature. 2015 Sep 17;525(7569):291.

A journal article with 2 authors

Aychek T, Jung S. Immunology. The axis of tolerance. Science. 2014 Mar 28;343(6178):1439–40.

A journal article with 3 authors

Grigoryan G, Reinke AW, Keating AE. Design of protein-interaction specificity gives selective bZIP-binding peptides. Nature. 2009 Apr 16;458(7240):859–64.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hornekaer L, Baurichter A, Petrunin VV, Field D, Luntz AC. Importance of surface morphology in interstellar H2 formation. Science. 2003 Dec 12;302(5652):1943–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pétrowski A, Ben-Hamida S. Evolutionary Algorithms. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

Onieva JA, Sauveron D, Chaumette S, Gollmann D, Markantonakis K, editors. Information Security Theory and Practices. Smart Devices, Convergence and Next Generation Networks: Second IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop, WISTP 2008, Seville, Spain, May 13-16, 2008. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. XII, 151 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 5019).

A chapter in an edited book

Dea S. Hume, Spinoza and the Achilles Inference. In: Lennon TM, Stainton RJ, editors. The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008. p. 93–113. (Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind).

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 Australasian Journal of Dermatology.

Blog post

Davis J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Zika Is No Longer An International Emergency, But The Threat Still Remains. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/zika-is-no-longer-an-international-emergency-but-the-threat-still-remains/

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. Commercial Fishing Vessel: Administration of the Colintino Rose II Loan Guarantee. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 May. Report No.: RCED-89-105.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Grant L. How Does a Principal Use Intention and Strategy in the Enactment of Advocacy Leadership? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 2013.

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

Crow K. A Bus Stop May Disappear, And Some Old Bones Groan. New York Times. 2003 Mar 30;145.

In-text citations

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

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	Australasian Journal of Dermatology
Abbreviation	Australas. J. Dermatol.
ISSN (print)	0004-8380
ISSN (online)	1440-0960
Scope	Dermatology