How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Dentistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Dentistry. 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

Abdool Karim SS. Stigma impedes AIDS prevention. Nature. 2011;474(7349):29-31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Blagosklonny MV, Pardee AB. Conceptual biology: unearthing the gems. Nature. 2002;416(6879):373.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bouchard MJ, Wang LH, Schneider RJ. Calcium signaling by HBx protein in hepatitis B virus DNA replication. Science. 2001;294(5550):2376-2378.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Petersen KF, Befroy D, Dufour S, et al. Mitochondrial dysfunction in the elderly: possible role in insulin resistance. Science. 2003;300(5622):1140-1142.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pompian MM. Advising Ultra-Affluent Clients and Family Offices. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Naït-Ali A, ed. Advanced Biosignal Processing. Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Zarubaev VV, Belousova I, Rylkov V, et al. Photodynamic Inactivation of Enveloped Viruses by Fullerene: Study of Efficacy and Safety. In: Cataldo F, Ros TD, eds. Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacological Potential of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics. Springer Netherlands; 2008:107-121.

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 Indian Journal of Dentistry.

Blog post

Davis J. Expert Committee Finds Genetically Engineered Crops Are As Safe To Eat As Conventionally Bred Plants. 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. Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Libman M. A Policy Analysis of the Penal Code Section 186.20-186.33: California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act. 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

Crane AT, Hay G, Larsen PT. Mortgage Market Due for Overhaul. New York Times. July 19, 2011:B2.

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	Indian Journal of Dentistry
Abbreviation	Indian J. Dent.
ISSN (print)	0975-962X
Scope