How to format your references using the Acta Diabetologica citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Diabetologica. 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 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

Devlin K (2002) Portraits of science. Kurt Gödel--separating truth from proof in mathematics. Science 298:1899–1900

A journal article with 2 authors

Fu X, Harberd NP (2003) Auxin promotes Arabidopsis root growth by modulating gibberellin response. Nature 421:740–743

A journal article with 3 authors

Shim JH, Haule K, Kotliar G (2007) Fluctuating valence in a correlated solid and the anomalous properties of delta-plutonium. Nature 446:513–516

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Rabone J, Yue Y-F, Chong SY, et al (2010) An adaptable peptide-based porous material. Science 329:1053–1057

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sharkh SM, Abusara MA, Orfanoudakis GI, Hussain B (2014) Power Electronic Converters for Microgrids. John Wiley & Sons, Singapore Pte. Ltd, Singapore

An edited book

Vastola A (2015) The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Tiliouine H (2014) Gender Dimensions of Quality of Life in Algeria. In: Eckermann E (ed) Gender, Lifespan and Quality of Life: An International Perspective. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 63–82

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 Acta Diabetologica.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J (2016) Astronomers Prepare For First Ever Black Hole Image With New Algorithm. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/astronomers-prepare-for-first-ever-black-hole-image-with-new-algorithm/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (2000) Observations on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Espinoza M (2010) A Latina’s educational attainment and her observations of foster youth’s educational struggles: A narrative. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

St. John Kelly E (1995) The Life and Times Of a Young Rock Band. New York Times 131

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Acta Diabetologica
Abbreviation	Acta Diabetol.
ISSN (print)	0940-5429
ISSN (online)	1432-5233
Scope	Endocrinology General Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Internal Medicine