How to format your references using the Journal of Psychosomatic Research citation style

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

[1]

S. DeWeerdt, Microbiome: A complicated relationship status, Nature. 508 (2014) S61-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

T. Mitchell-Olds, J. Schmitt, Genetic mechanisms and evolutionary significance of natural variation in Arabidopsis, Nature. 441 (2006) 947–952.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

M. Kunchulia, K.S. Pilz, M.H. Herzog, Small effects of smoking on visual spatiotemporal processing, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 7316.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

I. Leyva, A. Navas, I. Sendiña-Nadal, J.A. Almendral, J.M. Buldú, M. Zanin, D. Papo, S. Boccaletti, Explosive transitions to synchronization in networks of phase oscillators, Sci. Rep. 3 (2013) 1281.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

H. Arboleda, J.-C. Royer, Model-Driven and Software Product Line Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2012.

An edited book

[1]

A. Tajalli, Extreme Low-Power Mixed Signal IC Design: Subthreshold Source-Coupled Circuits, Springer, New York, NY, 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M. Florian, Network Equilibrium Models for Analyzing Toll Highways, in: S. Lawphongpanich, D.W. Hearn, M.J. Smith (Eds.), Mathematical and Computational Models for Congestion Charging, Springer US, Boston, MA, 2006: pp. 105–115.

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 Psychosomatic Research.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Why Does Chilli Burn, And Why Does Milk Help Soothe The Pain?, IFLScience. (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/brain/why-does-chilli-burn-and-why-does-milk-help-soothe-pain/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, Analysis of “Florida’s Fair Share,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

R. Roan, Depth and Digital in Conversation: Practicing Marriage and Family Therapy Directly With Video Game Avatars, Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 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

[1]

L. Saslow, New President for the Long Island Rail Road, New York Times. (2007) LI2.

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 Psychosomatic Research
Abbreviation	J. Psychosom. Res.
ISSN (print)	0022-3999
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology