How to format your references using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 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

1. Gilbert D. Buried by bad decisions. Nature. 2011;474:275–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Bochman ML, Schwacha A. DNA replication: Strand separation unravelled. Nature. 2015;524:166–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Syntichaki P, Topalidou I, Thireos G. The Gcn5 bromodomain co-ordinates nucleosome remodelling. Nature. 2000;404:414–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Rajkovic A, Pangas SA, Ballow D, Suzumori N, Matzuk MM. NOBOX deficiency disrupts early folliculogenesis and oocyte-specific gene expression. Science. 2004;305:1157–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Srivastava SP. Developments in Lubricant Technology. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2014.

An edited book

1. Bell KM. Learn to Tango with D. Igesund LI, Kelly S, Parker M, editors. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Truong T, Palmer M, Bansal N, Bhandari B. Methodologies to Vary Milk Fat Globule Size. In: Palmer M, Bansal N, Bhandari B, editors. Effect of Milk Fat Globule Size on the Physical Functionality of Dairy Products. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 15–30.

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 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. ESO’s MUSE Gets Incredible 3D Look at Deep Universe [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/eso-s-muse-gets-incredible-3d-look-deep-universe/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Delegation of GSA Procurement Authority for Automatic Data Processing Equipment Acquisitions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Apr. Report No.: B-115369.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Karmacharya B. Population Dynamics of Northern Cardinal and Carolina Wren in an Urban Forest Fragment: Safe Refuge or Ecological Trap? [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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

1. Kerry J. What We Got Right. New York Times. 2017 Jan 19;A27.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abbreviation	Child Adolesc. Psychiatry Ment. Health
ISSN (online)	1753-2000
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Psychiatry and Mental health

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