How to format your references using the Disability and Health Journal citation style

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

Triplett W. Astronomers silenced in star-name wars. Nature. 2000;406(6795):448.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hewitt SC, Korach KS. Cell biology. A hand to support the implantation window. Science. 2011;331(6019):863-864.

A journal article with 3 authors

Runyon JB, Mescher MC, De Moraes CM. Volatile chemical cues guide host location and host selection by parasitic plants. Science. 2006;313(5795):1964-1967.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Weisswange I, Newsome TP, Schleich S, Way M. The rate of N-WASP exchange limits the extent of ARP2/3-complex-dependent actin-based motility. Nature. 2009;458(7234):87-91.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Grous A. Fracture Mechanics 1. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Laird WR, Roux S, eds. Mechanics and Natural Philosophy Before the Scientific Revolution. Vol 254. Springer Netherlands; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Gómez-Ruiz S, Hey-Hawkins E. Metal Complexes with Anionic Polyphosphorus Chains as Potential Precursors for the Synthesis of Metal Phosphides. In: Peruzzini M, Gonsalvi L, eds. Phosphorus Compounds: Advanced Tools in Catalysis and Material Sciences. Catalysis by Metal Complexes. Springer Netherlands; 2011:85-119.

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 Disability and Health Journal.

Blog post

Andrew E. See Inside A Tiger Shark’s Mouth As It Gobbles A GoPro. IFLScience.

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. Comments on the Office of Personnel Management’s February 20, 2008 Report to Congress Regarding the Retirement Systems Modernization. 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

Murray E. California Community College Athletic Directors Lived Experience and Perceptions about Financing Issues with Athletic Programs. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 2012.

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

Schwartz J. You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain. New York Times. August 4, 2017:ED6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Disability and Health Journal
Abbreviation	Disabil. Health J.
ISSN (print)	1936-6574
Scope	General Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health