How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 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

McLaren A. Ethical and social considerations of stem cell research. Nature. 2001 Nov 1;414(6859):129–31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Thompson A, Kanamarlapudi V. The regions within the N-terminus critical for human glucagon like peptide-1 receptor (hGLP-1R) cell surface expression. Sci Rep. 2014 Dec 15;4:7410.

A journal article with 3 authors

Agrawal AF, Brodie ED 3rd, Brown J. Parent-offspring coadaptation and the dual genetic control of maternal care. Science. 2001 Jun 1;292(5522):1710–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Gweon GH, Sasagawa T, Zhou SY, Graf J, Takagi H, Lee DH, et al. An unusual isotope effect in a high-transition-temperature superconductor. Nature. 2004 Jul 8;430(6996):187–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Canham J, Bennett J. Mentorship in Community Nursing: Challenges and Opportunities. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Knight C. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People (LGBT) and the Criminal Justice System. Wilson K, editor. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. X, 272 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Luciano JS, Sayogo DS, Ran W, Depaula N, Jarman H, Luna-Reyes LF, et al. Using Ontologies to Develop and Test a Certification and Inspection Data Infrastructure Building Block. In: Jarman H, Luna-Reyes LF, editors. Private Data and Public Value: Governance, Green Consumption, and Sustainable Supply Chains. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 89–107.

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 Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. Yes, You Can Grow Potatoes On Mars. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. New Chicago-Area Airport: Site Comparison, Selection Process, and Federal Funding. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Feb. Report No.: RCED-93-105.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mikhailik Y. Longing Limned [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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

Walsh MW. A Warning on Bankruptcy in Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis. New York Times. 2016 Feb 3;B3.

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	Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Dermatol. Venereol. Leprol.
ISSN (print)	0378-6323
ISSN (online)	0973-3922
Scope	Dermatology Infectious Diseases