How to format your references using the Journal of the American College of Radiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the American College of Radiology. 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]

Kaessmann H. Genetics. More than just a copy. Science 2009;325:958–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Rahman MA, Halfar J. First evidence of chitin in calcified coralline algae: new insights into the calcification process of Clathromorphum compactum. Sci Rep 2014;4:6162.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Lee D-H, Kwon K-H, Yi CS. Selective catalytic C-H alkylation of alkenes with alcohols. Science 2011;333:1613–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Huxley A, Rodiere P, Paul DM, van Dijk N, Cubitt R, Flouquet J. Realignment of the flux-line lattice by a change in the symmetry of superconductivity in UPt3. Nature 2000;406:160–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Paris JL, Paris JL. CliffsNotes® Praxis II®. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Timilsina GR, Zilberman D, editors. The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty: A Global Perspective. vol. 41. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Dallai A, Boni E, Francalanci L, Tortoli P. Vector Doppler Method Based on an Automatic Transverse Angle Tracking Procedure. In: André MP, Jones JP, Lee H, editors. Acoustical Imaging: Volume 30, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011, p. 39–45.

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 College of Radiology.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Smart Homes Of The Future Could Read And React To Your Emotions. IFLScience 2016.

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. Charter Schools: To Enhance Education’s Monitoring and Research, More Charter School-Level Data Are Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Solomon RB. Analysis of Emergency Responder Preparedness to Active Shooter Incidents in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Riverside Counties. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Lyman R, Walsh MW. Struggling, San Jose Tests a Way to Cut Benefits. New York Times 2013:A1.

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 the American College of Radiology
Abbreviation	J. Am. Coll. Radiol.
ISSN (print)	1546-1440
Scope	Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging