How to format your references using the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 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

Sanderson MJ. Phylogenetic signal in the eukaryotic tree of life. Science. 2008 Jul 4;321(5885):121–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Stahler S, Palla F. Astronomy. The beat of young stars. Science. 2014 Aug 1;345(6196):514–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Budday S, Raybaud C, Kuhl E. A mechanical model predicts morphological abnormalities in the developing human brain. Sci Rep. 2014 Jul 10;4:5644.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lim YW, Steinhoff M, Girosi F, Holtzman D, Campbell H, Boer R, et al. Reducing the global burden of acute lower respiratory infections in children: the contribution of new diagnostics. Nature. 2006 Nov 23;444 Suppl 1:9–18.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

O’Hara BT, Malisow B. CCSP® (ISC) 2® Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

Lansiquot RD, editor. Interdisciplinary Pedagogy for STEM: A Collaborative Case Study. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016. XVIII, 143 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Fertő I, Podruzsik S. Intra-industry Trade in the Beer Industry within the Enlarged European Union. In: Cabras I, Higgins D, Preece D, editors. Brewing, Beer and Pubs: A Global Perspective. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. p. 74–96.

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 Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.

Blog post

Andrew E. Six Newly Discovered Genetic Variants Help Explain Coffee Habits [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/six-newly-discovered-genetic-variants-help-explain-coffee-habits/

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. Aviation Workforce: Current and Future Availability of Aviation Engineering and Maintenance Professionals. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Feb. Report No.: GAO-14-237.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fischer D. Psychology and people living with hiv/aids: A critical review of the literature [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2012.

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

Crow K. Allowing the Math-Challenged To Savor the Coffee at Tip Time. New York Times. 2000 Nov 26;146.

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	Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
Abbreviation	Ir. J. Psychol. Med.
ISSN (print)	0790-9667
Scope	History and Philosophy of Science Psychiatry and Mental health Applied Psychology