How to format your references using the Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research. 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

Patterson W. Fifty years of hopes and fears. Nature. 2007;449(7163):664.

A journal article with 2 authors

Greenberg DA, Jin K. From angiogenesis to neuropathology. Nature. 2005;438(7070):954-959.

A journal article with 3 authors

Papp B, Pál C, Hurst LD. Dosage sensitivity and the evolution of gene families in yeast. Nature. 2003;424(6945):194-197.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cawkwell MJ, Nguyen-Manh D, Woodward C, Pettifor DG, Vitek V. Origin of brittle cleavage in iridium. Science. 2005;309(5737):1059-1062.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Nedoma J, Stehlík J, Hlaváček I, Daněk J, Dostálová T, Přečková P. Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biomechanics of Human Skeletal Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Ryabov VV. Trap Magmatism and Ore Formation in the Siberian Noril’sk Region: Volume 1. Trap Petrology. Vol 3. (Shevko AY, Gora MP, eds.). Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Madeddu G, Spanu A. Axillary Lymph Node Status Evaluation in Breast Cancer Patients: Role of SPECT and Pinhole SPECT with Cationic Lipophilic Radiotracers. In: Bombardieri E, Gianni L, Bonadonna G, eds. Breast Cancer: Nuclear Medicine in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Options. Springer; 2008:43-55.

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 Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research.

Blog post

Taub B. Opioid Painkillers May Actually Make You More Sensitive To Pain. IFLScience. June 1, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/opioid-painkillers-may-actually-make-you-more-sensitive-pain/

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. Contract Pricing: Subcontractor Prices Overstated on AN/TSQ-111 Communications Contract. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tillman KA. Constructing the Concept of Time: Roles of Perception, Language, and Culture. Doctoral dissertation. University of California San Diego; 2017.

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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Another Sign Explodes. New York Times. July 11, 2002:A6.

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 Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Abbreviation	J. Oral Biol. Craniofac. Res.
ISSN (print)	2212-4268
Scope	Otorhinolaryngology General Dentistry