How to format your references using the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 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

1. Barber RT. Oceans. Picoplankton do some heavy lifting. Science. 2007;315:777–778.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Dietl GP, Vermeij GJ. Comment on “Statistical independence of escalatory ecological trends in Phanerozoic marine invertebrates.” Science. 2006;314:925; author reply 925.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Xu L, Yin M-L, Liu SF. Ag(x)@WO₃ core-shell nanostructure for LSP enhanced chemical sensors. Sci. Rep. 2014;4:6745.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. Piot P, Feachem RGA, Lee J-W, et al. Public health. A global response to AIDS: lessons learned, next steps. Science. 2004;304:1909–1910.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Takezawa K. Guidebook to R Graphics Using Microsoft® Windows. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Cheng X, Li W, Znati T eds. Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications: First International Conference, WASA 2006, Xi’an, China, August 15-17, 2006. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Nichol R. Traditional Socialisation and Education in Melanesia. In: Nichol R, ed. Growing up Indigenous: Developing Effective Pedagogy for Education and Development. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2011:59–82.

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 Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Rare Drone Footage Captures Whales Hunting Down And Grabbing A Shark. IFLScience. 2016.

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. Reports Issued in June 1989. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Cebada-Ricalde MC. Synthesis and characterization of PANI-coated VGCNFs and evaluation of its use for corrosion inhibition. 2014.

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. Gore Tells the Wary: Clinton Isn’t a Worry. New York Times. 1992:A10.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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 Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Abbreviation	Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.
ISSN (print)	0360-3016
ISSN (online)	1879-355X
Scope	Cancer Research Oncology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiation