How to format your references using the Journal of Dermatological Science Supplement citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Dermatological Science Supplement. 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]

Churchland PS. Self-representation in nervous systems. Science 2002;296:308–10.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mishra SK, Hoon MA. The cells and circuitry for itch responses in mice. Science 2013;340:968–71.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Meissner M, Schlüter D, Soldati D. Role of Toxoplasma gondii myosin A in powering parasite gliding and host cell invasion. Science 2002;298:837–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Mold JE, Michaëlsson J, Burt TD, Muench MO, Beckerman KP, Busch MP, et al. Maternal alloantigens promote the development of tolerogenic fetal regulatory T cells in utero. Science 2008;322:1562–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Featherstone H, Holt E. Small Animal Ophthalmology. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Carr JC, Carroll TJ, editors. Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Principles and Applications. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Katz E, Pita M. Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Particles. In: Matijević E, editor. Fine Particles in Medicine and Pharmacy, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2012, p. 147–73.

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 Dermatological Science Supplement.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Revolutionary New Spacesuit Has First Trial. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/revolutionary-spacesuit-has-first-trial/ (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. Informing Our Nation: Improving How to Understand and Assess the USA’s Position and Progress. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Castiglione A. Counterproductive work behaviors: The role of employee support policies, envy, and narcissism. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

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]

Shear MD. ‘Dreamer’ Plan Creator Suing Trump to Save It. New York Times 2017:A17.

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	Journal of Dermatological Science Supplement
Abbreviation	J. Derm. Sci. Suppl.
ISSN (print)	1574-0757
Scope	Dermatology

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