How to format your references using the Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research. 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

Lawler A. LIVING WITH A STAR: Controversy Flares Up Over NASA Solar Project. Science. 2000;289(5479):528-530.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dye C, Williams BG. The population dynamics and control of tuberculosis. Science. 2010;328(5980):856-861.

A journal article with 3 authors

Trail D, Watson EB, Tailby ND. The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere. Nature. 2011;480(7375):79-82.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Freedman KJ, Haq SR, Edel JB, Jemth P, Kim MJ. Single molecule unfolding and stretching of protein domains inside a solid-state nanopore by electric field. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1638.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chandru V, Hooker J. Optimization Methods for Logical Inference. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1999.

An edited book

Sanders CL, ed. Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption. Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Barbancho AM, Barbancho I, Tardón LJ, Molina E. Summary and Discussion. In: Barbancho I, Tardón LJ, Molina E, eds. Database of Piano Chords: An Engineering View of Harmony. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer; 2013:35-36.

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 Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research.

Blog post

Andrew D. Why Are There So Many Species Of Bugs, But So Few Species Of Human? IFLScience. September 16, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-are-there-so-many-species-of-bugs-but-so-few-species-of-human/

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. Aviation Research: Information on FAA’s Research, Engineering, and Development Program. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Stockman SB. Daughters of Yahweh: Recovering the Deep Feminine from the Yahweh Complex. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute; 2015.

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

Wagner J. Astros Returning To Houston. New York Times. August 30, 2017:B13.

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	Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Abbreviation	J. Oral Biol. Craniofac. Res.
ISSN (print)	2212-4268
Scope	Otorhinolaryngology General Dentistry