How to format your references using the International Orthodontics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Orthodontics. 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]

Laloë F. Obituary: Jean Brossel (1918-2003). Nature 2003;422:274.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Souza AMC, Andrade RFS. Coin state properties in quantum walks. Sci Rep 2013;3:1976.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sempere T, Hartley A, Roperch P. Comment on “Rapid uplift of the Altiplano revealed through 13C-18O bonds in paleosol carbonates.” Science 2006;314:760; author reply 760.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Chang S-L, Lin S-Y, Lin S-K, Lee C-H, Lin M-F. Geometric and electronic properties of edge-decorated graphene nanoribbons. Sci Rep 2014;4:6038.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Holloway M, Nwaoha C. Dictionary of Industrial Terms. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Peruzzini M, Gonsalvi L, editors. Phosphorus Compounds: Advanced Tools in Catalysis and Material Sciences. vol. 37. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Smilowitz NR, Saric M. Catheter-Based Atrial Septal Defect Closure. In: Picard MH, Passeri JJ, Dal-Bianco JP, editors. Intraprocedural Imaging of Cardiovascular Interventions, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 49–58.

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 Orthodontics.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Fukushima Is Turning Into A Robot Graveyard After Multiple Probe Failures. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/fukushima-is-turning-into-a-robot-graveyard-after-multiple-probe-failures/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Preliminary Results of Work on FAA Facility Conditions and Workplace Safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Narita D. Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and climate change mitigation: An analysis of economic optimality and policy making. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia University, 2008.

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]

Koblin J. Anchor Illuminates Fox Inquiry of Ailes. New York Times 2016:B6.

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 Orthodontics
Abbreviation	Int. Orthod.
ISSN (print)	1761-7227
Scope	Orthodontics