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How to format your references using the The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 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.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
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
1.
Grayson M. Physics masterclass. Nature. 2012 Oct 11;490(7419):S1.
A journal article with 2 authors
1.
Hector A, Bagchi R. Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature. 2007 Jul 12;448(7150):188–90.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Park ST, Kim SK, Kim MS. Observation of conformation-specific pathways in the photodissociation of 1-iodopropane ions. Nature. 2002 Jan 17;415(6869):306–8.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Ziegenfuss JS, Biswas R, Avery MA, Hong K, Sheehan AE, Yeung YG, et al. Draper-dependent glial phagocytic activity is mediated by Src and Syk family kinase signalling. Nature. 2008 Jun 12;453(7197):935–9.

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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Morris AE, Geiger G, Fine HA. Handbook on Material and Energy Balance Calculations in Material Processing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.
An edited book
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Machado JAT. Nonlinear and Complex Dynamics: Applications in Physical, Biological, and Financial Systems. Baleanu D, Luo ACJ, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. IX, 332 p.
A chapter in an edited book
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Bruce N, Kim TY, Lee HJ. Data Link Layer’ Security Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Kim TH, Ko DS, Vasilakos T, Stoica A, Abawajy J, editors. Computer Applications for Communication, Networking, and Digital Contents: International Conferences, FGCN and DCA 2012, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2012, Gangneug, Korea, December 16-19, 2012 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 25–32. (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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 Prosthetic Dentistry.

Blog post
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O`Callaghan J. How To Watch Rosetta’s Tearful Goodbye At Comet 67P Today [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/how-to-watch-rosettas-tearful-goodbye-at-comet-67-tomorrow/

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. State Health Insurance Marketplaces: CMS Should Improve Oversight of State Information Technology Projects. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 Sep. Report No.: GAO-15-527.

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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Powell BD. An ethnographic case study of teachers who are alumni of the private day school for boys in which they teach [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2009.

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. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Putin Reaches Out To Vatican. New York Times. 2003 Jan 31;A6.

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 titleThe Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
AbbreviationJ. Prosthet. Dent.
ISSN (print)0022-3913
ISSN (online)1097-6841
ScopeOral Surgery

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