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

Nelson FE. Geocryology. (Un)frozen in time. Science. 2003 Mar 14;299(5613):1673–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wodarz D, Zauber AG. Cancer: Risk factors and random chances. Nature. 2015 Jan 29;517(7536):563–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Passier R, van Laake LW, Mummery CL. Stem-cell-based therapy and lessons from the heart. Nature. 2008 May 15;453(7193):322–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Qiu Y, He XH, Zhang Y, Li JX. Discriminative stimulus effects of the novel imidazoline I₂ receptor ligand CR4056 in rats. Sci Rep. 2014 Oct 13;4:6605.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chu LY, Wang W. Microfluidics for Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2017.

An edited book

Hirao T, editor. Functionalized Redox Systems: Synthetic Reactions and Design of π- and Bio-Conjugates. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2015. VII, 152 p. 264 illus., 56 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Wadkar S, Siddalingaiah M. Basics of MapReduce Development. In: Siddalingaiah M, editor. Pro Apache Hadoop. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2014. p. 73–106.

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

Andrew D. Here’s The Real Reason Your Friend’s “Gluten-Free” Diet Might Be Making Them Feel Better. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Airline Ticketing: Impact of Changes in the Airline Ticket Distribution Industry. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Jul. Report No.: GAO-03-749.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ryan JI. Analysis of the role of the Jackson Prairie in prehistoric/protohistoric settlement patterns using survey data from the Bienville National Forest [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 2017.

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

Grynbaum MM. Kushner Friend Steps Down as Editor of the Observer. New York Times. 2017 May 25;B3.

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

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