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

Levinson SC. Psychology. Kinship and human thought. Science. 2012 May 25;336(6084):988–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Prawer S, Greentree AD. Applied physics. Diamond for quantum computing. Science. 2008 Jun 20;320(5883):1601–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kirichok Y, Navarro B, Clapham DE. Whole-cell patch-clamp measurements of spermatozoa reveal an alkaline-activated Ca2+ channel. Nature. 2006 Feb 9;439(7077):737–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lin H, Li L, Ren J, Cai Z, Qiu L, Yang Z, et al. Conducting polymer composite film incorporated with aligned carbon nanotubes for transparent, flexible and efficient supercapacitor. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1353.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Svensson H. Schrägkabelbrücken. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2011.

An edited book

Barthe G, Datta A, Etalle S, eds. Formal Aspects of Security and Trust: 8th International Workshop, FAST 2011, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-14, 2011. Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Kylliäinen JP, Ahonen T, Nurmi J. General-Purpose Embedded Processor Cores – The COFFEE RISC Example. In: Nurmi J, ed. Processor Design: System-on-Chip Computing for ASICs and FPGAs. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007. p. 83–100.

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

Taub B. Study Reveals How The Brain “Rebuilds” Itself In An Attempt To Cure Schizophrenia. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/study-reveals-how-brain-rebuilds-itself-attempt-cure-schizophrenia/

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. Space Surveillance: DOD and NASA Need Consolidated Requirements and a Coordinated Plan. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997 Dec. Report No.: NSIAD-98-42.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Seegmiller Renner A. Empathy Development Through Role Modeling: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Experiences [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella 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

Otis J. ‘You Need to Change’: A Grandmother’s Words Help Turn a Life Around. New York Times. 2016 Dec 30;A21.

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