How to format your references using the JAMA Dermatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for JAMA Dermatology. 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

Gade A. Nuclear physics: Sometimes γ-rays come in twos. Nature. 2015;526(7573):330-331.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fields RD, Stevens-Graham B. New insights into neuron-glia communication. Science. 2002;298(5593):556-562.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hartl TA, Smith HF, Bosco G. Chromosome alignment and transvection are antagonized by condensin II. Science. 2008;322(5906):1384-1387.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Boorum MM, Vasil’ev YV, Drewello T, Scott LT. Groundwork for a rational synthesis of C60: cyclodehydrogenation of a C60H30 polyarene. Science. 2001;294(5543):828-831.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Peat J, Elliott E, Baur L, Keena V. Scientific Writing Easy When You Know How. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2002.

An edited book

Haddad SAP. Ultra Low-Power Biomedical Signal Processing: An Analog Wavelet Filter Approach for Pacemakers. (Serdijn WA, ed.). Springer Netherlands; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Pedersen Zari M. Can Biomimicry Be a Useful Tool for Design for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation? In: Pacheco Torgal F, Labrincha JA, Diamanti MV, Yu CP, Lee HK, eds. Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering. Springer International Publishing; 2015:81-113.

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 JAMA Dermatology.

Blog post

Hale T. Beavers Are Awesome For Ecological Conservation. IFLScience. October 22, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/beavers-are-awesome-ecological-conservation/

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. Charges Made by the National Federation of the Blind Against the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1974.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Desgens-Martin V. High Prevalence of Carcinoma in California Sea Lions Zalophus Californianus: Evidence of a Xenobiotic-Induced Carcinogenic Cascade? Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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

St. John Kelly E. Publication Gives 2 Neighborhoods Unwanted Local Color. New York Times. April 19, 1998:149.

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	JAMA Dermatology
Abbreviation	JAMA Dermatol.
ISSN (print)	2168-6068
ISSN (online)	2168-6084
Scope	Dermatology