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. Wilczek F. From “not wrong” to (maybe right). Nature. 2004;428:261.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Toffelmier DA, Tyburczy JA. Electromagnetic detection of a 410-km-deep melt layer in the southwestern United States. Nature. 2007;447:991–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Li M, Butka E, Wang X. Comprehensive quantification of triacylglycerols in soybean seeds by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry with multiple neutral loss scans. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6581.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Plusa B, Hadjantonakis A-K, Gray D, Piotrowska-Nitsche K, Jedrusik A, Papaioannou VE, et al. The first cleavage of the mouse zygote predicts the blastocyst axis. Nature. 2005;434:391–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Mcphee JE. Mastering Strategic Risk. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Arcuri FP. Manuale di sociologia: Teorie e strumenti per la ricerca sociale. Arcuri F, editor. Milano: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Harmon CB, Hadley M, Tristani P. Trichloroacetic Acid. In: Tosti A, Grimes PE, De Padova MP, editors. Color Atlas of Chemical Peels. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 33–40.

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. Andrew E. Certain Viral DNA Transitions From Solid To Liquid To Expedite Infection [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/certain-viral-dna-transitions-solid-liquid-expedite-infection/

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. Surface Transportation: Actions Needed to Improve Documentation of Key Decisions in the TIGER Discretionary Grant Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 May. Report No.: GAO-14-628R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Milliken DE. Blood pressure measurement in the primary care provider setting: A project evaluating the blood pressure technique of nursing staff [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Saslow L. Guardian Angels Welcome in Greenport. New York Times. 2006 Jul 22;LI9.

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