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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Implant 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	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

1. Edwards PN. Beyond the ivory tower. “A vast machine”: standards as social technology. Science. 2004;304:827–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Tanaka KD, Ueda K. Horsfield’s hawk-cuckoo nestlings simulate multiple gapes for begging. Science. 2005;308:653.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Faucher-Giguère C-A, Lidz A, Hernquist L. Numerical simulations unravel the cosmic web. Science. 2008;319:52–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Freeman R, Block F, Greenberg D, Levi M, Segal AM, Crow M, et al. Is the stimulus working for you? Nature. 2009;461:876–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Krasner D. A History of Modern Drama. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Ehrenfeld JM, Urman RD, Segal S, editors. Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach. 2nd ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Zou L, Larsson L. A Verification and Validation Study Based on Resistance Submissions. In: Larsson L, Stern F, Visonneau M, editors. Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics: An assessment of the Gothenburg 2010 Workshop. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 203–54.

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 International Journal of Implant Dentistry.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Why The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could Be About To Swap Places – And How It Would affect Us [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/why-the-earths-magnetic-poles-could-be-about-to-swap-places-and-how-it-would-affect-us/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Small Business Administration: Status of Mandated Planning for Loan Monitoring System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Feb. Report No.: AIMD-00-105R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Soltani A. Parenting and disciplinary practices of Iranian mothers: A quantitative study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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

1. Kelly M. Vacation Ending, Clinton Plans to Fill More Jobs. New York Times. 1993 Jan 3;119.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	International Journal of Implant Dentistry
Abbreviation	Int. J. Implant Dent.
ISSN (online)	2198-4034
Scope

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