How to format your references using the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 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	Download the output style file
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

Stone R. U.S.-RUSSIA TIES: Spy Conviction Strains Science Collaborations. Science. 2000;290(5499):2043-2045.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gao Y, Bando Y. Carbon nanothermometer containing gallium. Nature. 2002;415(6872):599.

A journal article with 3 authors

Levis RJ, Menkir GM, Rabitz H. Selective bond dissociation and rearrangement with optimally tailored, strong-field laser pulses. Science. 2001;292(5517):709-713.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Wexler M, Panerai F, Lamouret I, Droulez J. Self-motion and the perception of stationary objects. Nature. 2001;409(6816):85-88.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Misra DK. Practical Electromagnetics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

Ladikas M, Chaturvedi S, Zhao Y, Stemerding D, eds. Science and Technology Governance and Ethics: A Global Perspective from Europe, India and China. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Mizumura K, Murase S. Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Pain. In: Schaible HG, ed. Pain Control. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Springer; 2015:57-77.

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 Nuclear Medicine Technology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Unexplained Lower Back Pain? It Could Be Ankylosing Spondylitis. IFLScience. April 28, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/unexplained-lower-back-pain-it-could-be-ankylosing-spondylitis/

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. Connecticut’s Eligibility System: Improving System Availability. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Flores D. The EastSide Café: A Liberated Learning Zone. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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

Wagner J. Lugo’s Tear to Cost Him Two Weeks, Minimum. New York Times. April 5, 2017:B9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Nuclear Medicine Technology
Abbreviation	J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0091-4916
ISSN (online)	1535-5675
Scope	General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology