How to format your references using the AIDS Patient Care and STDs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for AIDS Patient Care and STDs (APC). 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

Linder P. Molecular biology. The life of RNA with proteins. Science 2004;304(5671):694–695.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fehr E, Fischbacher U. The nature of human altruism. Nature 2003;425(6960):785–791.

A journal article with 3 authors

Freckleton RP, Sutherland WJ, Watkinson AR. Ecology. Deciding the future of GM crops in Europe. Science 2003;302(5647):994–996.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

D’Angelo MA, Anderson DJ, Richard E, et al. Nuclear pores form de novo from both sides of the nuclear envelope. Science 2006;312(5772):440–443.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Minoli D. A Networking Approach to Grid Computing. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2004.

An edited book

Heckman CJ, Manne SL, (eds). Shedding Light on Indoor Tanning. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Privat M, Warner R. Working with Data Objects. In: Pro Core Data for iOS: Data Access and Persistence Engine for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. (Warner R. ed) Apress: Berkeley, CA; 2011; pp. 133–186.

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 AIDS Patient Care and STDs.

Blog post

Andrew E. “Dead Hearts” Successfully Transplanted For The First Time. IFLScience; 2014. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dead-hearts-successfully-transplanted-first-time/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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. Automated Systems: Legislative Branch’s Efforts in Sharing Payroll/Personnel Systems. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Samble JN. Persistence and Advancement in NCAA Division I: Lived Experiences of Female Athletic Administrators. Doctoral dissertation. Indiana University: Bloomington, IN; 2017.

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

Casey N, Abad S. Pope Francis Visits Colombia, Where Even Peace Is Polarizing. New York Times 2017;A4.

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	AIDS Patient Care and STDs
ISSN (print)	1087-2914
ISSN (online)	1557-7449
Scope