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

Sheng P. Applied physics. Waves on the horizon. Science. 2006;313(5792):1399-1400.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sutherland WJ, Burgman M. Policy advice: Use experts wisely. Nature. 2015;526(7573):317-318.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sethna JP, Dahmen KA, Myers CR. Crackling noise. Nature. 2001;410(6825):242-250.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Wei BB, Chen SW, Po HC, Liu RB. Phase transitions in the complex plane of physical parameters. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5202.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hecht J. Understanding Lasers. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

Strumia R, ed. Eating Disorders and the Skin. Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Escobar O. Suspending Disbelief. In: Engelken-Jorge M, Güell PI, del Río CM, eds. Politics and Emotions: The Obama Phenomenon. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften; 2011:109-128.

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. The Best Planet Duo Of 2015 - Venus And Jupiter. 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. Statutory Copyright Licenses: Stakeholders’ Views on a Phaseout of Licenses for Broadcast Programming. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Doyle JJ. Under the Influence: High Risk Social Networks and Recidivism. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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

Wagner J. Mets Send Duda to Rays; More Trades May Follow. New York Times. July 27, 2017:B9.

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