How to format your references using the Journal of Dental Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Dental Research. 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

Berglund J. 2011. Orthopaedics: Structural support. Nature. 480(7377):S56-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Apostolou E, Hochedlinger K. 2013. Chromatin dynamics during cellular reprogramming. Nature. 502(7472):462–471.

A journal article with 3 authors

Aharonian FA, Bogovalov SV, Khangulyan D. 2012. Abrupt acceleration of a “cold” ultrarelativistic wind from the Crab pulsar. Nature. 482(7386):507–509.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Mecklenbräuker I, Kalled SL, Leitges M, Mackay F, Tarakhovsky A. 2004. Regulation of B-cell survival by BAFF-dependent PKCdelta-mediated nuclear signalling. Nature. 431(7007):456–461.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rodriguez J, Bonne D. 2015. Stereoselective Multiple Bond-Forming Transformations in Organic Synthesis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Xu LD, Tjoa AM, Chaudhry SS, editors. 2008. Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems II: IFIP TC 8 WG 8.9 International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2007) October 14–16, 2007, Beijing, China. Boston, MA: Springer US (IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing).

A chapter in an edited book

Takruri M, Aboura K, Challa S. 2008. Distributed Recursive Algorithm for Auto Calibration in Drift Aware Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Elleithy K, editor. Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 21–25.

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 Journal of Dental Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. 2016 May 2. Gene Linked To Youthful Appearance May Help Solve Ageing Puzzle. IFLScience. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gene-linked-youthful-appearance-may-help-solve-ageing-puzzle/.

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. 1998. Student Loans: Limited Information Is Available to Determine How Students’ College Debt Affects Their School and Lifestyle Decisions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office Report No.: HEHS-98-97R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lee EB. 2017. Environmental Thyroid Endocrine Disruption in Shiner Perch (Cymatogaster aggregata): An Analysis of Thyroid Glandular Function [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Gustines GG. 2017 Mar 30. A Super Mission: Crashing the Closet. New York Times.:AR17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Berglund 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Berglund 2011; Apostolou and Hochedlinger 2013).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Apostolou and Hochedlinger 2013)
Three or more authors: (Mecklenbräuker et al. 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Dental Research
Abbreviation	J. Dent. Res.
ISSN (print)	0022-0345
ISSN (online)	1544-0591
Scope	General Dentistry