How to format your references using the Journal of Eating Disorders citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Eating Disorders. 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. Singer PW. Military robotics and ethics: a world of killer apps. Nature. 2011;477:399–401.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Davies IW, Welch CJ. Looking forward in pharmaceutical process chemistry. Science. 2009;325:701–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Baron-Cohen S, Knickmeyer RC, Belmonte MK. Sex differences in the brain: implications for explaining autism. Science. 2005;310:819–23.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Adrian L, Szewzyk U, Wecke J, Görisch H. Bacterial dehalorespiration with chlorinated benzenes. Nature. 2000;408:580–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Engineering Design for Process Safety. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Yang C. Advanced Technologies in Modern Robotic Applications. Ma H, Fu M, editors. Singapore: Springer; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Müller SM, Steen E-E, Hein A. Inferring Multi-person Presence in Home Sensor Networks. In: Wichert R, Klausing H, editors. Ambient Assisted Living: 8 AAL-Kongress 2015,Frankfurt/M, April 29-30 April, 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 47–56.

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 Eating Disorders.

Blog post

1. Evans K. 9 Things That Can Make You Less Attractive, According To Science [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/nine-things-that-can-make-you-less-attractive-according-to-science/

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. Maritime Administration’s Satellite Communications Program: Is It Still Needed? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977 Oct. Report No.: LCD-77-107.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Morris L. Evolving the leadership model of the American theatre to forge a fiscally and artistically secure future [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: 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. Hardy M. Texas Naturalists Also See A Border Wall as a Threat. New York Times. 2017 Aug 13;A14.

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 Eating Disorders
Abbreviation	J. Eat. Disord.
ISSN (online)	2050-2974
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Behavioral Neuroscience Nutrition and Dietetics

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