How to format your references using the The Korean Journal of Pathology citation style

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

Yarus M. Molecular biology. Climbing in 190 dimensions. Science. 2011 Apr 8;332(6026):181–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

Doebeli M, Ispolatov I. Complexity and diversity. Science. 2010 Apr 23;328(5977):494–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Veenstra GJ, Weeks DL, Wolffe AP. Distinct roles for TBP and TBP-like factor in early embryonic gene transcription in Xenopus. Science. 2000 Dec 22;290(5500):2312–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Garzarelli F, Cristelli M, Pompa G, Zaccaria A, Pietronero L. Memory effects in stock price dynamics: evidences of technical trading. Sci Rep. 2014 Mar 27;4:4487.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bobrow J, Kohn E, Mondragon-Gilmore J, Eggenschwiler J. CliffsNotes® Praxis I®: PPST®. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Ohira H, editor. The Liver in Systemic Diseases. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2016. VIII, 343 p. 59 illus., 39 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Castellano R, Punzo G, Rocca A. Female Labour Force Participation and Selection Effect: Southern vs Eastern European Countries. In: Morlini I, Minerva T, Vichi M, editors. Advances in Statistical Models for Data Analysis. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 35–43. (Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization).

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 Korean Journal of Pathology.

Blog post

Andrew E. How The Last Two Montserrat 'Mountain Chicken’ Frogs Could Save Their Species [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-last-two-montserrat-mountain-chicken-frogs-could-save-their-species/

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. Information Technology: Significant Problems of Critical Automation Program Contribute to Risks Facing 2010 Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Mar. Report No.: GAO-08-550T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Meaux B. Effect of Formation Deformation on Casing Standoff in Highly Deviated and Horizontal Wells [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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

Hodara S. Where Paintings Have Overtaken Pixels. New York Times. 2016 Feb 21;CT9.

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 Korean Journal of Pathology
Abbreviation	Korean J. Pathol.
ISSN (print)	1738-1843
ISSN (online)	2092-8920
Scope	Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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