How to format your references using the International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 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

1. di Lernia S. Cultural heritage: Save Libyan archaeology. Nature. 2015;517:547–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Crompton RH, Pataky TC. Anthropology. Stepping out. Science. 2009;323:1174–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Goda K, Tsia KK, Jalali B. Serial time-encoded amplified imaging for real-time observation of fast dynamic phenomena. Nature. 2009;458:1145–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Shinzato C, Shoguchi E, Kawashima T, Hamada M, Hisata K, Tanaka M, et al. Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change. Nature. 2011;476:320–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bintliff J. The Complete Archaeology of Greece. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

1. Larvor B, editor. Mathematical Cultures: The London Meetings 2012-2014. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Storch H, Downes NK, Schmidt M, Nguyen TCV, Dinh LC, Thanh B. Adaptation: Integrative Planning Framework for Adapted Land-Use Planning. In: Katzschner A, Waibel M, Schwede D, Katzschner L, Schmidt M, Storch H, editors. Sustainable Ho Chi Minh City: Climate Policies for Emerging Mega Cities. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 51–73.

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 International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Revealed: Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs Boiled The Earth’s Atmosphere [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/revealed-asteroid-killed-dinosaurs-boiled-earth-s-atmosphere/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

1. Government Accountability Office. Cost-Benefit Analysis Used in Support of the Space Shuttle Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1972 Jun. Report No.: B-173677.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ware SC. Alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in older women: A modifiable lifestyle risk factor [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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

1. Wagner J. Dodgers Rally, Then Call Upon Their Ace in 9th to Advance. New York Times. 2016 Oct 14;B10.

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	International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries
Abbreviation	Int. J. Diabetes Dev. Ctries
ISSN (print)	0973-3930
ISSN (online)	1998-3832
Scope	Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Internal Medicine