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

Vyazovskiy VV. Neuroscience. Mapping the birth of the sleep connectome. Science. 2015 Nov 20;350(6263):909–10.

A journal article with 2 authors

Adams J, Loach T. Comment: A well-connected world. Nature. 2015 Nov 12;527(7577):S58-9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Guo G, Wang W, Bradley A. Mismatch repair genes identified using genetic screens in Blm-deficient embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2004 Jun 24;429(6994):891–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Williams SEJ, Wootton P, Mason HS, Bould J, Iles DE, Riccardi D, et al. Hemoxygenase-2 is an oxygen sensor for a calcium-sensitive potassium channel. Science. 2004 Dec 17;306(5704):2093–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Storey IC, Allan A. A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Bononi L, Datta AK, Devismes S, Misra A, editors. Distributed Computing and Networking: 13th International Conference, ICDCN 2012, Hong Kong, China, January 3-6, 2012. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. XIV, 550 p. 196 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7129).

A chapter in an edited book

Alloyeau D. Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Multifunctional Tool for the Atomic-scale Characterization of Nanoalloys. In: Alloyeau D, Mottet C, Ricolleau C, editors. Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure and Properties. London: Springer; 2012. p. 113–57. (Engineering Materials).

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

Andrews R. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. “Cyclops” Dung Beetles Created By Switching Off Gene That Manufactures Their Horn. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cyclops-dung-beetles-created-switching-off-gene-manufactures-horn/

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. Airport Improvement Program: Opportunity to Consider FAA’s Role in Meeting Airport System Needs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 May. Report No.: T-RCED-93-43.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gardina VJ. Analysis of LiDAR data for fluvial geomorphic change detection at a small Maryland stream [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 2008.

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

Brantley B. Poetic Spark of a Combustible Iraq Veteran. New York Times. 2017 Jun 8;C7.

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