How to format your references using the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. 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. Boden M. Obituary: Donald Michie (1923-2007). Nature. 2007;448:765.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Webster CR, Heymsfield AJ. Water isotope ratios D/H, 18O/16O, 17O/16O in and out of clouds map dehydration pathways. Science. 2003;302:1742–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ribeiro B, Perra N, Baronchelli A. Quantifying the effect of temporal resolution on time-varying networks. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3006.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zhang W, Wan H, Feng G, Qu J, Wang J, Jing Y, et al. SIRT6 deficiency results in developmental retardation in cynomolgus monkeys. Nature. 2018;560:661–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Process Safety in Outsourced Manufacturing Operations. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2000.

An edited book

1. Schmüser P. Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime: Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technical Realization. 2nd ed. 2014. Dohlus M, Rossbach J, Behrens C, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Erdemir U, Yildiz E, Yucel T. Esthetic Parameters/Smile Design. In: Erdemir U, Yildiz E, editors. Esthetic and Functional Management of Diastema: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 53–64.

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 Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Stunning Photo Of The Grand Canyon From The International Space Station [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/stunning-photo-grand-canyon-international-space-station/

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. Traffic Congestion: Federal Efforts to Improve Mobility. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Dec. Report No.: PEMD-90-2.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Jahan M. A policy to protect hoarders: An analysis of Fair Housing Amendments Act, 1988 [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Billard M. It’s Good to Have Best Sellers. New York Times. 2010 May 27;E6.

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 Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Abbreviation	J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health
ISSN (print)	2198-9834
ISSN (online)	2198-963X
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