How to format your references using the Acupuncture in Medicine citation style

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

Knight J. Meeting aims to find brain’s benchmarks for beauty. Nature. 2003;421:305.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wolfe MS, Kopan R. Intramembrane proteolysis: theme and variations. Science. 2004;305:1119–23.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhao BS, Meijer G, Schöllkopf W. Quantum reflection of He2 several nanometers above a grating surface. Science. 2011;331:892–4.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Yeung T, Gilbert GE, Shi J, et al. Membrane phosphatidylserine regulates surface charge and protein localization. Science. 2008;319:210–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sears RW, Chard KM. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2016.

An edited book

Panayiotopoulos CP, editor. Atlas of Epilepsies. London: Springer 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Doi J, Fujiwara K, Kikuchi T, et al. A Modified Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem Under Quasilinear Utility Functions. In: Kamihigashi T, Zhao L, eds. International Trade and Economic Dynamics: Essays in Memory of Koji Shimomura. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer 2009:19–36.

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 Acupuncture in Medicine.

Blog post

Carpineti A. The Hunt For Meteorites In Antarctica Is Extended For The Next Decade. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/the-hunt-for-meteorites-in-antarctica-is-extended-for-the-next-decade/ (accessed 30 October 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. Aviation Safety: FAA Has Taken Steps to Determine That It Has Made Correct Medical Certification Decisions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cusick JA. Does size really matter? How synchrony and size affect the dynamic of aggression between two sympatric species of dolphin in the Bahamas. 2012.

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

TERRI LYNN KELLY; As told to Amy Zipkin. Making the Suit Fit. New York Times. 2006;39.

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	Acupuncture in Medicine
Abbreviation	Acupunct. Med.
ISSN (print)	0964-5284
ISSN (online)	1759-9873
Scope	General Medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Clinical Neurology