How to format your references using the Medical Dosimetry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Medical Dosimetry (MDO). 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

Berglund, J. Orthopaedics: Structural support. Nature 480(7377):S56-7; 2011.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kiberstis, P.; Roberts, L. Breast cancer. A race still unfinished. Introduction. Science 343(6178):1451; 2014.

A journal article with 3 authors

Walker, J.J.; Spear, J.R.; Pace, N.R. Geobiology of a microbial endolithic community in the Yellowstone geothermal environment. Nature 434(7036):1011–4; 2005.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Bondevik, S.; Mangerud, J.; Birks, H.H.; et al. Changes in North Atlantic radiocarbon reservoir ages during the Allerød and Younger Dryas. Science 312(5779):1514–7; 2006.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Li, Y. Computer Principles and Design in Verilog HDL. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2015.

An edited book

Greco, S.; Bouchon-Meunier, B.; Coletti, G.; et al. Advances in Computational Intelligence: 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2012, Catania, Italy, July 9-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part III. vol. 299. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Sanz, A.G.; Sebastianelli, F.; Gianturco, F.A. Following Resonant Compound States after Electron Attachment. In: García Gómez-Tejedor, G., and Fuss, M.C., editors. Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems; Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012: 71–86.

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 Medical Dosimetry.

Blog post

Andrews, R. Justin Trudeau Says Canada Will Implement Carbon Tax To Help Meet Climate Change Targets. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/justin-trudeau-says-canada-will-implement-carbon-tax-to-help-meet-climate-change-targets/. 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

Government Accountability Office Information Technology: Additional OMB and Agency Actions Needed to Ensure Portfolio Savings Are Realized and Effectively Tracked. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Niedringhaus, B. Best Practice in Early Reading Intervention: Implementing a Reading Intervention Program to Reach Below Level Readers. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, 2012.

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

Gondelman, J. A Comedian’s Most Important Set. New York Times:SR6; 2017.

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	Medical Dosimetry
Abbreviation	Med. Dosim.
ISSN (print)	0958-3947
ISSN (online)	1873-4022
Scope	Oncology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology