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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Personalized Medicine. 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

Ruvkun, G. Molecular Biology. Glimpses of a Tiny RNA World. Science 2001, 294, 797–799.

A journal article with 2 authors

Mondal, N.; Parvin, J.D. DNA Topoisomerase IIalpha Is Required for RNA Polymerase II Transcription on Chromatin Templates. Nature 2001, 413, 435–438.

A journal article with 3 authors

Siu, Z.B.; Jalil, M.B.A.; Tan, S.G. Topological State Transport in Topological Insulators under the Influence of Hexagonal Warping and Exchange Coupling to In-Plane Magnetizations. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5062.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Dang, L.; White, D.W.; Gross, S.; Bennett, B.D.; Bittinger, M.A.; Driggers, E.M.; Fantin, V.R.; Jang, H.G.; Jin, S.; Keenan, M.C.; et al. Cancer-Associated IDH1 Mutations Produce 2-Hydroxyglutarate. Nature 2010, 465, 966.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matte, G.S. Perfusion for Congenital Heart Surgery; John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ, 2015; ISBN 9781118900925.

An edited book

Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease; Pinheiro-Franco, J.L., Vaccaro, A.R., Benzel, E.C., Mayer, H.M., Eds.; 1st ed. 2016.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2016; ISBN 9783662477557.

A chapter in an edited book

Subrahmanyam, K.; Šmahel, D. Intimacy and the Internet: Relationships with Friends, Romantic Partners, and Family Members. In Digital Youth: The Role of Media in Development; Smahel, D., Ed.; Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development; Springer: New York, NY, 2011; pp. 81–102 ISBN 9781441962775.

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 Personalized Medicine.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Science Journal Nature Makes Its Articles Free To Read And Share (accessed on 30 October 2018).

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 Federal Research: Small Business Innovation Research Shows Success but Can Be Strengthened; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1992;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Douglas, L. Thermogravimetric and Raman Investigations on the Mechanism of Decomposition of Lead Compounds on Tungsten Surfaces. Doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University: Edwardsville, IL, 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

Crow, K. Frequent Fliers: Takeout Menus Can’t Compete With Politics. New York Times 2001, 144.

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 Personalized Medicine
Abbreviation	J. Pers. Med.
ISSN (online)	2075-4426
Scope