How to format your references using the RadioGraphics citation style

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

Munk W. Ocean science. Ocean freshening, sea level rising. Science 2003;300(5628):2041–2043.

A journal article with 2 authors

Matear RJ, McNeil BI. Comment on “Preindustrial to modern interdecadal variability in coral reef pH.” Science 2006;314(5799):595.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bao H, Yu S, Tong DQ. Massive volcanic SO(2) oxidation and sulphate aerosol deposition in Cenozoic North America. Nature 2010;465(7300):909–912.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Patz JA, Hulme M, Rosenzweig C, et al. Climate change: Regional warming and malaria resurgence. Nature 2002;420(6916):627–628; discussion 628.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Schumann W. Dynamics of the Bacterial Chromosome. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2006.

An edited book

Padovani F, Richardson A, Tsou JY, editors. Objectivity in Science: New Perspectives from Science and Technology Studies. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Fritzson P, Broman D, Cellier F, Nytsch-Geusen C. Equation-Based Object-Oriented Languages and Tools Report on the Workshop EOOLT 2007 at ECOOP 2007. In: Cebulla M, editor. Object-Oriented Technology ECOOP 2007 Workshop Reader: ECOOP 2007 Workshops, Berlin, Germany, July 30-31, 2007, Final Reports Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 27–39.

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 RadioGraphics.

Blog post

Andrew E. Russian Spaceship Hurtles Towards Earth After Losing Contact [Internet]. IFLScience IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/russian-cargo-spaceship-makes-no-progress/

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. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science Uses a Multilayered Process for Prioritizing Research. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Feb. Report No.: GAO-12-410R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ray RT. Utilization of a Clinical Reminder System to Increase the Incidence of HIV Screening in a Primary Care Clinic [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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

Leland J. The Last Days for the Circus. New York Times 2016;MB8.

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	RadioGraphics
Abbreviation	Radiographics
ISSN (print)	0271-5333
ISSN (online)	1527-1323
Scope	Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging