How to format your references using the Odontology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Odontology. 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. Koen D. Nuts and bolts: career journals. Nature. 2004;427:180.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Truitt WA, Coolen LM. Identification of a potential ejaculation generator in the spinal cord. Science. 2002;297:1566–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Religa TL, Sprangers R, Kay LE. Dynamic regulation of archaeal proteasome gate opening as studied by TROSY NMR. Science. 2010;328:98–102.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hou X-G, Siveter DJ, Aldridge RJ, Siveter DJ. Collective behavior in an early Cambrian arthropod. Science. 2008;322:224.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Demand NH. The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.

An edited book

1. Melançon B. The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7. Luisi J, Négyesi K, Anderson G, Somers B, Corlosquet S, Freudenberg S, et al., editors. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Andrews S. In-Close2, a High Performance Formal Concept Miner. In: Andrews S, Polovina S, Hill R, Akhgar B, editors. Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge: 19th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2011, Derby, UK, July 25-29, 2011 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 50–62.

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 Odontology.

Blog post

1. Fang J. How Leatherback Sea Turtles Keep Their Muscles Warm In Frigid Waters. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Battlefield Automation: Status of the Army Command and Control System Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986 Aug. Report No.: NSIAD-86-184FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Chahine J. Social workers’ perceptions of individuals who use drugs and alcohol problematically [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Herrman J. Online platforms annexed much of our public sphere, playacting as little democracies — until extremists made them reveal their true nature. New York Times. 2017 Aug 21;MM18.

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	Odontology
Abbreviation	Odontology
ISSN (print)	1618-1247
ISSN (online)	1618-1255
Scope	General Dentistry