How to format your references using the Diagnostic Cytopathology citation style

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

O’Brien JL. Optical quantum computing. Science. 2007 Dec 7;318(5856):1567–70.

A journal article with 2 authors

Nohturfft A, Losick R. Cell biology. Fats, flies, and palmitate. Science. 2002 May 3;296(5569):857–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Luce CH, Abatzoglou JT, Holden ZA. The missing mountain water: slower westerlies decrease orographic enhancement in the Pacific Northwest USA. Science. 2013 Dec 13;342(6164):1360–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yoshida K, Toyoura K, Matsunaga K, Nakahira A, Kurata H, Ikuhara YH, et al. Atomic sites and stability of Cs+ captured within zeolitic nanocavities. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2457.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Eric G. F, Yvonne R. Growing Pains. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Gunderson LL, Willett CG, Calvo FA, Harrison LB, editors. Intraoperative Irradiation: Techniques and Results. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2011. XVIII, 530 p. 70 illus., 45 illus. in color. (Current Clinical Oncology).

A chapter in an edited book

Wang R. The Apply of the Adjustable Modifying Factor Fuzzy-PID Control in Constant Pressure Water Supply System. In: Jin D, Lin S, editors. Advances in Electronic Engineering, Communication and Management Vol1: Proceedings of 2011 International Conference on Electronic Engineering, Communication and Management(EECM 2011), held on December 24-25, 2011, Beijing, China. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 25–8. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering).

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 Diagnostic Cytopathology.

Blog post

Fang J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Bats Navigate in 3D Using a Donut-Shaped Compass in Their Brain. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/bats-navigate-3d-using-donut-shaped-compass-their-brain/

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. Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Strengthen Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Mar. Report No.: GAO-09-413T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Nagarajah BA. The influence of professional training and personal factors on technostress: A correlational study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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

Marx L. Making Headlines With Their Vows. New York Times. 2014 Jun 22;ST13.

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	Diagnostic Cytopathology
Abbreviation	Diagn. Cytopathol.
ISSN (print)	8755-1039
ISSN (online)	1097-0339
Scope	General Medicine Histology Pathology and Forensic Medicine