How to format your references using the Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings. 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

Midgley M. Being objective. Nature. 2001 Apr 12;410(6830):753.

A journal article with 2 authors

Simons K, Featherstone C. EUROPEAN POLICY: Science in Europe. Science. 2000 Nov 10;290(5494):1099–101.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bode F, Sachs F, Franz MR. Tarantula peptide inhibits atrial fibrillation. Nature. 2001 Jan 4;409(6816):35–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Guo Y, Zhou L, Xu L, Zhou X, Hu J, Pei R. Multiple types of logic gates based on a single G-quadruplex DNA strand. Sci Rep. 2014 Dec 4;4:7315.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Larose DT. Data Mining Methods and Models. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

Erovic BM. Manual of Head and Neck Reconstruction Using Regional and Free Flaps. Lercher P, editor. Vienna: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Borkar VS, Ejov V, Filar JA, Nguyen GT. Markov Decision Processes. In: Ejov V, Filar JA, Nguyen GT, editors. Hamiltonian Cycle Problem and Markov Chains. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. p. 49–66. (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science).

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 Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings.

Blog post

Andrew E. In Focus: New Horizons’ Crisp Images Shed New Light On The Origins Of Pluto And Its Moons [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/focus-new-horizons-crisp-images-shed-new-light-origins-pluto-and-its-moons/

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. Information Technology: IRS Needs to Improve Its Processes for Prioritizing and Reporting Performance of Investments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Jun. Report No.: GAO-16-545.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Romano TA. Time-frequency classification of gamma oscillatory activity in the frontoparietal system during working memory [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic University; 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

Tankersley J. Economist Says Benefits Of Tax Cut Were Inflated. New York Times. 2017 Oct 17;A18.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Midgley 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Simons and Featherstone 2000; Midgley 2001).

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

Two authors: (Simons and Featherstone 2000)
Three or more authors: (Guo et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings
Abbreviation	J. Investig. Dermatol. Symp. Proc.
ISSN (print)	1087-0024
Scope	Biotechnology Cell Biology Molecular Biology General Medicine Dermatology