How to format your references using the Radiological Physics and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Radiological Physics and Technology. 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. Ruddick B. Oceans. Sounding out ocean fine structure. Science. 2003;301:772–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Guimerà R, Nunes Amaral LA. Functional cartography of complex metabolic networks. Nature. 2005;433:895–900.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lönnstedt OM, McCormick MI, Chivers DP. Predator-induced changes in the growth of eyes and false eyespots. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2259.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Stuchell-Brereton MD, Skalicky JJ, Kieffer C, Karren MA, Ghaffarian S, Sundquist WI. ESCRT-III recognition by VPS4 ATPases. Nature. 2007;449:740–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Steele D. From Therapist to Coach. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Nee AYC, editor. Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology. London: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Waki K. Assessment of Extracardiac and Intracardiac Anatomy by MD-CT. In: Senzaki H, Yasukochi S, editors. Congenital Heart Disease: Morphological and Functional Assessment. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2015. p. 71–94.

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 Radiological Physics and Technology.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. Discovery Of Massless Weyl Fermion Particle Could Revolutionize Electronics [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/discovery-massless-weyl-fermion-particle-could-revolutionize-electronics/

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. Public Transportation: Requirements for Smaller Capital Projects Generally Seen as Less Burdensome. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Aug. Report No.: GAO-11-778.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ganji VG. Exploring the application of haptic feedback guidance for port crane modernization [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. Branch J. A Gladiator’s Guidance. New York Times. 2016 Aug 14;D1.

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	Radiological Physics and Technology
Abbreviation	Radiol. Phys. Technol.
ISSN (print)	1865-0333
ISSN (online)	1865-0341
Scope	General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation