How to format your references using the Dermatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Scott AR. Polymers: Secrets from the deep sea. Nature. 2015 Mar;519(7544):S12-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bergman R, Swenson J. Dynamics of supercooled water in confined geometry. Nature. 2000 Jan;403(6767):283–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jan CH, Williams CC, Weissman JS. Principles of ER cotranslational translocation revealed by proximity-specific ribosome profiling. Science. 2014 Nov;346(6210):1257521.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kikuchi T, Nishinaga O, Nakajima D, Kawashima J, Natsui S, Sakaguchi N, et al. Ultra-high density single nanometer-scale anodic alumina nanofibers fabricated by pyrophosphoric acid anodizing. Sci Rep. 2014 Dec;4:7411.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kusumoto F. Understanding Intracardiac EGMs. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

Nesi P, Santucci R, editors. Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access, and Entertainment: Second International Conference, ECLAP 2013, Porto, Portugal, April 8-10, 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Wu R. Radical Inclusion in the Umbrella Movement: Interstitial Integrity and the New Pentecostal Rebirth of Hong Kong. In: Tse JKH, Tan JY, editors. Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016; pp 87–106.

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 Dermatology.

Blog post

Andrew E. “Vampire” Squirrel Caught On Camera [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Sep [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/vampire-squirrel-caught-camera/

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. Highway Safety: Monitoring Practices To Show Compliance With Speed Limits Should Be Reexamined. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mann HM. Testing for differentially functioning indicators using mixtures of confirmatory factor analysis models. 2009

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

Kelly K, Davis JH. Lawsuit Challenges the Secrecy of White House Advisers on Infrastructure. New York Times. 2017 Jul;A10.

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	Dermatology
Abbreviation	Dermatology
ISSN (print)	1018-8665
ISSN (online)	1421-9832
Scope	Dermatology