How to format your references using the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. 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

Shindell D. Climate change. Whither Arctic climate? Science. 2003 Jan 10;299(5604):215–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Deuker MM, McMahon M. Cancer biology: Enzyme meets a surprise target. Nature. 2014 Jun 12;510(7504):225–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kossin JP, Emanuel KA, Vecchi GA. The poleward migration of the location of tropical cyclone maximum intensity. Nature. 2014 May 15;509(7500):349–52.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Leibundgut M, Jenni S, Frick C, Ban N. Structural basis for substrate delivery by acyl carrier protein in the yeast fatty acid synthase. Science. 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):288–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cohen C. Business Intelligence. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Aral A. Applications of q-Calculus in Operator Theory. Gupta V, Agarwal RP, eds. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Barkowsky T. Modeling Mental Spatial Knowledge Processing. In: Mast F, Jäncke L, eds. Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery and Perception. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007. p. 67–84.

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 Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. “World’s Biggest Dinosaur” Discovered. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/“world’s-biggest-dinosaur”-discovered/

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. Railroad Safety: DOT Faces Challenges in Improving Grade Crossing Safety, Track Inspection Standards, and Passenger Car Safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 Apr. Report No.: T-RCED-96-114.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Burke DM. Enhancing the patient safety culture of ABSN students through instruction on medical error recovery [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2014.

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

Walsh MW. Puerto Rico Development Bank Goes to Court for $400 Million in Taxes. New York Times. 2015 Oct 2;B5.

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	Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Abbreviation	Can. J. Diet. Pract. Res.
ISSN (print)	1486-3847
Scope	General Medicine Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutrition and Dietetics