How to format your references using the The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 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

Kidwell SM. Shell composition has no net impact on large-scale evolutionary patterns in mollusks. Science. 2005;307(5711):914-917.

A journal article with 2 authors

Simpkins PG, Kuck VJ. Air entrapment in coatings by way of a tip-streaming meniscus. Nature. 2000;403(6770):641-643.

A journal article with 3 authors

McGuire JJ, Boettcher MS, Jordan TH. Foreshock sequences and short-term earthquake predictability on East Pacific Rise transform faults. Nature. 2005;434(7032):457-461.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Harris RG, Herzog EL, Bruscia EM, Grove JE, Van Arnam JS, Krause DS. Lack of a fusion requirement for development of bone marrow-derived epithelia. Science. 2004;305(5680):90-93.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Simon L, Ospina J. Closed-Form Solutions for Drug Transport through Controlled-Release Devices in Two and Three Dimensions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Rodríguez JMC, Pérez JB, Golinska P, Giroux S, Corchuelo R, eds. Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems: 10th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Vol 157. Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Ihejirika GO. Antifungal Properties of Plant Extract and Density on Some Fungal Diseases and Yield of Cowpea. In: Gurib-Fakim A, Eloff JN, eds. Chemistry for Sustainable Development in Africa. Springer; 2013:69-78.

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 The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Blog post

Andrew E. Second Longest Insect In The World Discovered In Vietnam. IFLScience.

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. GAO’s Work Relating to the Job Training Partnership Act. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1985.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Forget MA. Tumor Angiogenesis Is All Tied up in Tie2-Expressing Macrophages. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University; 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

Greenhouse L. Gun-Control Case Causes Bush Administration Rift. New York Times. March 17, 2008:A10.

In-text citations

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

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	The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Abbreviation	J. Clin. Psychiatry
ISSN (print)	0160-6689
ISSN (online)	1555-2101
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health

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