How to format your references using the ACS Infectious Diseases citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for ACS Infectious Diseases. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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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Medley, G. F. Epidemiology. Predicting the Unpredictable. Science 2001, 294 (5547), 1663–1664.

A journal article with 2 authors

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Chow, B. Y.; Boyden, E. S. Physiology. Synthetic Physiology. Science 2011, 332 (6037), 1508–1509.

A journal article with 3 authors

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Stutzmann, N.; Friend, R. H.; Sirringhaus, H. Self-Aligned, Vertical-Channel, Polymer Field-Effect Transistors. Science 2003, 299 (5614), 1881–1884.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Boyer, D.; Tamarat, P.; Maali, A.; Lounis, B.; Orrit, M. Photothermal Imaging of Nanometer-Sized Metal Particles among Scatterers. Science 2002, 297 (5584), 1160–1163.

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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Girmscheid, G. Bauprozesse Und Bauverfahren Des Tunnelbaus; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, Germany, 2013.

An edited book

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Neurotransmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function; Levin, E. D., Ed.; Experientia Supplementum; Birkhäuser: Basel, 2006; Vol. 98.

A chapter in an edited book

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Ferretti, M.; Parmentola, A. The University-Driven LISs. In The Creation of Local Innovation Systems in Emerging Countries: The Role of Governments, Firms and Universities; Parmentola, A., Ed.; SpringerBriefs in Regional Science; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2015; pp 91–114.

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 ACS Infectious Diseases.

Blog post

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Davis, J. Snakes In Cuba Found To Coordinate Hanging From Cave Mouths To Group Hunt Bats. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/snakes-in-cuba-found-to-coordinate-hanging-from-cave-mouths-to-group-hunt-bats/ (accessed 2018-10-30)

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. Telecommunications: Additional Coordination and Performance Measurement Needed for High-Speed Internet Access Programs on Tribal Lands; GAO-16-222; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2016.

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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Myers, R. E. Moderating the Effectiveness of Messages to Promote Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes. Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, 2010.

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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Grynbaum, M. M.; Steel, E. After Ailes’s Departure, a Stony Silence at Fox. New York Times. July 28, 2016, p B1.

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	ACS Infectious Diseases
Abbreviation	ACS Infect. Dis.
ISSN (online)	2373-8227
Scope