How to format your references using the Psychosomatic Medicine citation style

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

Gershon D. Partners resolve their differences and unite at the second attempt. Nature. 2000;405:258.

A journal article with 2 authors

Loreau M, Hector A. Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments. Nature. 2001;412:72–76.

A journal article with 3 authors

Micklos D, Lauter S, Nisselle A. Essays on science and society. Lessons from a science education portal. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2011;334:1657–58.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Deng Y, Guo X, Ferguson DO, Chang S. Multiple roles for MRE11 at uncapped telomeres. Nature. 2009;460:914–18.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Theodore L, Kunz RG. Nanotechnology: Environmental Implications and Solutions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

Zha H, Pan Z, Thwaites H, Addison AC, Forte M, editors. Interactive Technologies and Sociotechnical Systems: 12th International Conference, VSMM 2006, Xi’an, China, October 18-20, 2006. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006. XVI, 547 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 4270).

A chapter in an edited book

Gonnissen H, Schuermans J, Politis C, Schepers S, Lambrichts I, Vrielinck L, Sun Y. Success of autogenous tooth transplantation: a retrospective and prospective approach. In: Dössel O, Schlegel WC, editors. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany: Vol. 25/11 Biomedical Engineering for Audiology, Ophthalmology, Emergency & Dental Medicine. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009. p. 17–20. (Magjarevic R, editor. IFMBE Proceedings).

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 Psychosomatic Medicine.

Blog post

Andrews R. Why Is This Sea Lion Chasing These Poor King Penguins? IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sea-lion-chasing-king-penguins/

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. Multiyear Leasing and Government-Wide Purchasing of Automatic Data Processing Equipment Should Result in Significant Savings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1971 Apr. Report No.: B-115369.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Becker M. Women’s Descriptions Six Months Post Notification of Positive BRCA 1/2 Genetic Mutations [Doctoral dissertation]. Minneapolis, MN: Capella 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

Vecsey G. Pond or Rink, Rangers Create Their Own Winter Classic. New York Times. 2011;B15.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Psychosomatic Medicine
Abbreviation	Psychosom. Med.
ISSN (print)	0033-3174
ISSN (online)	1534-7796
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Applied Psychology