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]

Podos J. Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin’s finches. Nature 2001;409:185–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Shohat S, Shifman S. Bias towards large genes in autism. Nature 2014;512:E1-2.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

El-Ali J, Sorger PK, Jensen KF. Cells on chips. Nature 2006;442:403–11.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

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Gong H, Yang Y, Chen X, Zhao D, Chen X, Chen Y, et al. Gold nanoparticle transfer through photothermal effects in a metamaterial absorber by nanosecond laser. Sci Rep 2014;4:6080.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Rosier JA, Martens MA, Thomas JR. Global New Drug Development. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Silverman H, Ruggles DF, editors. Cultural Heritage and Human Rights. New York, NY: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Williams C. Social Work Research and the City. In: Williams C, editor. Social Work and the City: Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016, p. 97–120.

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

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Taub B. Scientists May Have Observed Memories Being Assembled In The Brain. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-may-have-observed-memories-being-assembled-brain/ (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. Private Enterprise, Public Responsibilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Seefried VI. Timely and accurate decision-making during U.S. public health emergencies: Incremental Dynamic Decision-making (IDD) for public health emergency response. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 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]

de la MERCED MJ. Ex-Google Venture Capitalist Is Opening Fund of His Own. New York Times 2017:B4.

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