How to format your references using the The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
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Harris H. Tumour suppression: putting on the brakes. Nature. 2004 Jan 15;427(6971):201.
A journal article with 2 authors
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Glimcher PW, Rustichini A. Neuroeconomics: the consilience of brain and decision. Science. 2004 Oct 15;306(5695):447–52.
A journal article with 3 authors
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Foote AD, Osborne RW, Hoelzel AR. Environment: whale-call response to masking boat noise. Nature. 2004 Apr 29;428(6986):910.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Li J, Zhang C, Deng M, Luo J. Reduction of friction stress of ethylene glycol by attached hydrogen ions. Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 27;4:7226.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Studer Q. Results that Last. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.
An edited book
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Lo JJ, Leatham KR, Van Zoest LR, editors. Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. XIV, 320 p. 31 illus., 13 illus. in color. (Research in Mathematics Education).
A chapter in an edited book
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Das N, Biswas B, Khera R. Membrane-Bound Complement Regulatory Proteins as Biomarkers and Potential Therapeutic Targets for SLE. In: Lambris JD, Holers VM, Ricklin D, editors. Complement Therapeutics. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2013. p. 55–81. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology).

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 Indian Prosthodontic Society.

Blog post
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Hale T. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. First Ever Images Of The Recently Discovered Amazon Coral Reef. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/first-ever-images-of-the-recently-discovered-amazon-coral-reef/

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
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Government Accountability Office. Federal Agency Roles and Responsibilities for Emergency Communications Need Clarification. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 Aug. Report No.: LCD-80-91.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
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Johnson TF. The Aircraft Electric Taxi System: A Qualitative Multi Case Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral 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
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(nyt) SK. CHURCH DELEGATION IN RUSSIA. New York Times. 2003 Mar 5;A14.

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 titleThe Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society
AbbreviationJ. Indian Prosthodont. Soc.
ISSN (print)0972-4052
ISSN (online)1998-4057
ScopeGeneral Dentistry
Oral Surgery

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