How to format your references using the Acta Radiologica citation style

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

Chase JM. Stochastic community assembly causes higher biodiversity in more productive environments. Science 2010;328:1388–1391.

A journal article with 2 authors

Knust E, Bossinger O. Composition and formation of intercellular junctions in epithelial cells. Science 2002;298:1955–1959.

A journal article with 3 authors

Palop JJ, Chin J, Mucke L. A network dysfunction perspective on neurodegenerative diseases. Nature 2006;443:768–773.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kennedy AR, Klett J, Mulvey RE, et al. Synergic sedation of sensitive anions: alkali-mediated zincation of cyclic ethers and ethene. Science 2009;326:706–708.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Dubin D. Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, Using Mathematica. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

An edited book

Paluszek M. MATLAB Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Ahlswede R. Founding Cryptography on Oblivious Transfer. In: Ahlswede A, Althöfer I, Deppe C, et al. (eds) Hiding Data - Selected Topics: Rudolf Ahlswede’s Lectures on Information Theory 3. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016:337–344.

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 Radiologica.

Blog post

Andrew E. Why Do Only Some People Get ‘Skin Orgasms’ From Listening To Music? IFLScience Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-do-only-some-people-get-skin-orgasms-listening-music/. 2016. Accessed October 30, 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. Better Cash Management Can Reduce the Cost of the National Direct Student Loan Program. FGMSD-80-5, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 27, 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Berkowitz AE. Finding a Place for “Cacega Ayuwipi” within the Structure of American Indian Music and Dance Traditions. Doctoral Dissertation, Florida Atlantic University, 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

Stewart JB. Momentum for Tax Reform, Thanks to Trump’s Tactics. New York Times, November 3, 2016, B1.

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 title	Acta Radiologica
Abbreviation	Acta Radiol.
ISSN (print)	0284-1851
ISSN (online)	1600-0455
Scope	General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology