How to format your references using the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Molecular Psychiatry. 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. Burns CJ. Chemistry. Bridging a gap in actinide chemistry. Science. 2005;309:1823–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Baconguis I, Gouaux E. Structural plasticity and dynamic selectivity of acid-sensing ion channel-spider toxin complexes. Nature. 2012;489:400–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lestas I, Vinnicombe G, Paulsson J. Fundamental limits on the suppression of molecular fluctuations. Nature. 2010;467:174–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ghosh S, Khamarui S, Gayen KS, Maiti DK. ArCH(OMe)₂--a Pt(IV)-catalyst originator for diverse annulation catalysis. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2987.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Homer S, Leibowitz ML. Inside the Yield Book. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Pochet Y. Production Planning by Mixed Integer Programming. Wolsey LA, editor. New York, NY: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. He Y, Su Y. Silicon-Based Nanoprobes for Bioimaging Applications. In: Su Y, editor. Silicon Nano-biotechnology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 61–73.

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 Molecular Psychiatry.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Woman Who Received World’s First Partial Face Transplant Has Died [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/woman-who-received-worlds-first-partial-face-transplant-has-died/

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. Education Information: Changes in Funds and Priorities Have Affected Production and Quality. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987 Nov. Report No.: PEMD-88-4.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ghale K. Modeling the Traffic Impacts During Evacuation of a Suburban University Campus: A Case Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2015.

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. Palmer E. Serving as a Role Model During a Father’s Absence. New York Times. 2016 Dec 20;A25.

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 Molecular Psychiatry
Abbreviation	J. Mol. Psychiatry
ISSN (online)	2049-9256
Scope