How to format your references using the Dermatopathology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Dermatopathology. 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

Schopper H. Islam and science: where are the new patrons of science? Nature. 2006 Nov;444(7115):35–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Huismans R, Beaumont C. Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins. Nature. 2011 May;473(7345):74–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jarillo-Herrero P, van Dam JA, Kouwenhoven LP. Quantum supercurrent transistors in carbon nanotubes. Nature. 2006 Feb;439(7079):953–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Corma A, Díaz-Cabañas MJ, Jordá JL, Martínez C, Moliner M. High-throughput synthesis and catalytic properties of a molecular sieve with 18- and 10-member rings. Nature. 2006 Oct;443(7113):842–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Papadimitriou GI, Tsimoulas PA, Obaidat MS, Pomportsis AS. Multiwavelength Optical LANs. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

Rostami A. Terahertz Technology: Fundamentals and Applications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Sofo A, Cicco N, Paraggio M, Scopa A. Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle in Plants Under Drought Stress. In: Anjum NA, Chan M-T, Umar S, editors. Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway and Stress Tolerance in Plants. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010; pp 137–89.

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 Dermatopathology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Genetic Legacies Reveal Differing Migration Patterns Of Settlement And Conquest [Internet]. IFLScience. 2017 Feb [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/genetics-reveal-migrations-differences-from-neolithic-families-to-bronze-age-male-conquerors-/

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. Environmental Satellites: Polar-orbiting Satellite Acquisition Faces Delays; Decisions Needed on Whether and How to Ensure Climate Data Continuity. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Saxena M. Learner analysis framework for globalized e-learning. 2010

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

Kenigsberg B. Film Series. New York Times. 2017 Jun;C22.

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	Dermatopathology
Abbreviation	Dermatopathology (Basel)
ISSN (online)	2296-3529
Scope