How to format your references using the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 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

Osborne J. Arguing to learn in science: the role of collaborative, critical discourse. Science. 2010;328(5977):463-466.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gilboa L, Lehmann R. Soma-germline interactions coordinate homeostasis and growth in the Drosophila gonad. Nature. 2006;443(7107):97-100.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lavine M, Szuromi P, Coontz R. Materials for grid energy. Electricity now and when. Introduction. Science. 2011;334(6058):921.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hipkin CR, Simpson DJ, Wainwright SJ, Salem MA. Nitrification by plants that also fix nitrogen. Nature. 2004;430(6995):98-101.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Thompson D, Hogan JD, Clark PM. Developmental Psychology in Historical Perspective. Wiley-Blackwell; 2012.

An edited book

Fritz M, Schiele B, Piater JH, eds. Computer Vision Systems: 7th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2009 Liège, Belgium, October 13-15, 2009. Proceedings. Vol 5815. Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Matucha M, Schröder P. Trichloroacetic Acid in the Forest Ecosystem. In: Schröder P, Collins CD, eds. Organic Xenobiotics and Plants: From Mode of Action to Ecophysiology. Plant Ecophysiology. Springer Netherlands; 2011:87-103.

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 the American Academy of Dermatology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Inside A Body Farm. IFLScience.

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. Tax System Modernization: Status of On-Line Files Initiative and Telecommunications Planning. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gonzaga Reed RR. The Impact of a Community-Based College Access Program at a Midwestern Institution. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University; 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

Lee L. Bring On The Wind And Water. New York Times. August 15, 2013:D2.

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 the American Academy of Dermatology
Abbreviation	J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.
ISSN (print)	0190-9622
Scope	Dermatology

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