How to format your references using the Indian Dermatology Online Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Dermatology Online Journal (IDOJ). 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

Borrero JC. Field data and satellite imagery of tsunami effects in Banda Aceh. Science 2005;308:1596.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kasthuri N, Lichtman JW. The role of neuronal identity in synaptic competition. Nature 2003;424:426–30.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hellberg ME, Balch DP, Roy K. Climate-driven range expansion and morphological evolution in a marine gastropod. Science 2001;292:1707–10.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ihmels J, Bergmann S, Gerami-Nejad M, et al. Rewiring of the yeast transcriptional network through the evolution of motif usage. Science 2005;309:938–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Girling P. Operational Risk Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Tortori-Donati P. Pediatric Neuroradiology: Brain. (Rossi A, editor) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Prieto PA, Prieto PA, Hall CAS. Methods: Calculating the Energy Output. The Energy Returned (ER or E out). In: Hall CAS, editor. Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution: The Energy Return on Investment. SpringerBriefs in Energy. New York, NY: Springer; 2013:47–60.

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 Indian Dermatology Online Journal.

Blog post

Davis J. Invasive Asian Hornets Arrive On UK Shores. [homepage on the Internet] IFLScience. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/invasive-asian-hornets-arrive-on-uk-shores/.

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. Healthcare.Gov: Contract Planning and Oversight Practices Were Ineffective Given the Challenges and Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Francom C. Análisis sociolingüístico de eleccion de lengua en encuentros de servicio: Una perspectiva etnográfica y experimental. 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

Goldstein M, Abrams R, Protess B. Private Equity Hits Close to Home. New York Times. June 27, 2016:A1.

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	Indian Dermatology Online Journal
Abbreviation	Indian Dermatol. Online J.
ISSN (print)	2229-5178
ISSN (online)	2249-5673
Scope