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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Butts CT. Revisiting the foundations of network analysis. Science. 2009 Jul 24;325(5939):414–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Shchukin D, Möhwald H. Materials science. A coat of many functions. Science. 2013 Sep 27;341(6153):1458–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rebbeck CA, Leroi AM, Burt A. Mitochondrial capture by a transmissible cancer. Science. 2011 Jan 21;331(6015):303.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Pacala SW, Bulte E, List JA, Levin SA. Environmental economics. False alarm over environmental false alarms. Science. 2003 Aug 29;301(5637):1187–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Casandjian C, Challamel N, Lanos C, Hellesland J. Reinforced Concrete Beams, Columns and Frames. Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Leal Filho W, Muthu N, Edwin G, Sima M, editors. Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives: Approaches, Methods and Perspectives. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. IX, 362 p. 74 illus., 66 illus. in color. (World Sustainability Series).

A chapter in an edited book

Atienza Alonso D, Mamagkakis S, Poucet C, Peón-Quirós M, Bartzas A, Catthoor F, et al. Dynamic Data Types Optimization in Multimedia and Communication Applications. In: Mamagkakis S, Poucet C, Peón-Quirós M, Bartzas A, Catthoor F, Soudris D, editors. Dynamic Memory Management for Embedded Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 93–134.

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 Dermatology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Leonard Nimoy Has Passed Away At Age 83 [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/leonard-nimoy-has-passed-away-age-83/

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. Preserving the Interstate System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990 Apr. Report No.: T-RCED-90-68.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rodriguez J. Viviendo en las sombras: Examining the educational experiences of undocumented immigrant Latino students in a public secondary school setting [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

Walsh MW. Treasury Official Urges Relief for Puerto Rico, but Lawmakers Fear Fallout. New York Times. 2016 Feb 26;B3.

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 Dermatology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Dermatol.
ISSN (print)	0019-5154
ISSN (online)	1998-3611
Scope	Dermatology