How to format your references using the JA Clinical Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for JA Clinical Reports. 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. Wouters J. Chemistry. Coming soon to a library near you? Science. 2008;322:1196–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Niehoff DL, Rhodes R. Ideas about the development of violent behavior. Science. 2000;290:1093c–5c.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Takahashi K, Mitsui K, Yamanaka S. Role of ERas in promoting tumour-like properties in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2003;423:541–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Xia Z, Zou M, Zhang S, Feng B, Wang W. AFSM sequencing approach: a simple and rapid method for genome-wide SNP and methylation site discovery and genetic mapping. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7300.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Minei I, Lucek J. MPLS-Enabled Applications. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2006.

An edited book

1. Bârsan V, Aldea A, editors. Trends in Nanophysics: Theory, Experiment and Technology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Panebianco G. The Nulla Poena Sine Culpa Principle in European Courts Case Law. In: Ruggeri S, editor. Human Rights in European Criminal Law: New Developments in European Legislation and Case Law after the Lisbon Treaty. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 47–78.

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 JA Clinical Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Space Sex Geckos Die In Orbit [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/space-sex-geckos-die-orbit/

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. Rotation Policies and Practices Have Been Changed for the Better--But Room for Improvement Remains. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Apr. Report No.: FPCD-76-45.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Pappenfus BJ. How frequency of change within organizations affects burnout of human resource professionals [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2013.

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. Stewart JB. A Year of New Heights For the Dow, Led by Boeing. New York Times. 2017 Aug 10;B1.

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	JA Clinical Reports
Abbreviation	JA Clin. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2363-9024
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