How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 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

Mazin II. Superconductivity: Extraordinarily conventional. Nature. 2015 Sep 3;525(7567):40–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Santolík O, Chum J. Planetary science. The origin of plasmaspheric hiss. Science. 2009 May 8;324(5928):729–30.

A journal article with 3 authors

Skoglund G, Nockert M, Holst B. Viking and early Middle Ages northern Scandinavian textiles proven to be made with hemp. Sci Rep. 2013 Oct 18;3:2686.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Wang B, Matsuoka S, Ballif BA, Zhang D, Smogorzewska A, Gygi SP, et al. Abraxas and RAP80 form a BRCA1 protein complex required for the DNA damage response. Science. 2007 May 25;316(5828):1194–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bromfield R. Doing Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

MacDonald M. Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# 2010. Fourth Edition. Freeman A, Szpuszta M, editors. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2010. XXXVII, 1616 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Xu J, Tsukamoto H. Animal Models of Alcoholic Liver Disease. In: Chalasani N, Szabo G, editors. Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Bench to Bedside. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 103–19.

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, Venereology and Leprology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. 5 Worlds Elon Musk Could Colonize In The Solar System [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/5-worlds-elon-musk-could-colonize-in-the-solar-system/

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. Next Generation Air Transportation System: FAA Faces Challenges in Responding to Task Force Recommendations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Oct. Report No.: GAO-10-188T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Olsen SL. A Year of Sin An Experiential Exhibition of Sin [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2017.

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

Kelly C. Secrecy Mounting As the Cup Draws Near. New York Times. 1999 Sep 5;814.

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, Venereology and Leprology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Dermatol. Venereol. Leprol.
ISSN (print)	0378-6323
ISSN (online)	0973-3922
Scope	Dermatology Infectious Diseases