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

Parasnis D. Proteins and the naked truth about e-commerce. Nature. 2000 Jan 13;403(6766):129–30.

A journal article with 2 authors

Yang Z-F, Zhou J-H. Can we identify source lithology of basalt? Sci Rep. 2013;3:1856.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kareiva P, Chang A, Marvier M. Environmental economics. Development and conservation goals in World Bank projects. Science. 2008 Sep 19;321(5896):1638–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Groszer M, Erickson R, Scripture-Adams DD, Lesche R, Trumpp A, Zack JA, et al. Negative regulation of neural stem/progenitor cell proliferation by the Pten tumor suppressor gene in vivo. Science. 2001 Dec 7;294(5549):2186–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Soustelle M. An Introduction to Chemical Kinetics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.

An edited book

Singh G, ed. Oncodynamics: Effects of Cancer Cells on the Body. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Zeng Y, Zhuang J, Su Z. Construction of Domain Ontology for Engineering Equipment Maintenance Support. In: Chen H, Ji H, Sun L, Wang H, Qian T, Ruan T, eds. Knowledge Graph and Semantic Computing: Semantic, Knowledge, and Linked Big Data: First China Conference, CCKS 2016, Beijing, China, September 19-22, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Singapore: Springer; 2016. p. 33–8.

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. 170-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of Previously Unknown Marine Reptile Found In Scotland. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/170-million-year-old-fossil-previously-unknown-marine-reptile-found-scotland/

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. Transportation and Telecommunications Reports and Testimony: May 1992 - April 1993. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Aug. Report No.: RCED-93-187.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hong PK. Stomach cancer diet education and screening awareness in East Asian American women [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Asia: Russia: Journalist’s Body Found. New York Times. 2002 Apr 6;A10.

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