How to format your references using the Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria. 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

[1]

Savage N. Synthetic coatings: Super surfaces. Nature 2015;519:S7-9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wardil L, Hauert C. Origin and structure of dynamic cooperative networks. Sci Rep 2014;4:5725.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Koonin EV, Wolf YI, Karev GP. The structure of the protein universe and genome evolution. Nature 2002;420:218–23.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Chini R, Hoffmeister V, Kimeswenger S, Nielbock M, Nürnberger D, Schmidtobreick L, et al. The formation of a massive protostar through the disk accretion of gas. Nature 2004;429:155–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Baldwin D, Birkett J, Facey O, Rabey G. The Forensic Examination and Interpretation of Tool Marks. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Tempesti G, Tyrrell AM, Miller JF, editors. Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware: 9th International Conference, ICES 2010, York, UK, September 6-8, 2010. Proceedings. vol. 6274. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Dąbrowski M, Drabik M, Trzaska M, Subieta K. Prototype of Object-Oriented Declarative Workflows. In: Nguyen NT, Kim C-G, Janiak A, editors. Intelligent Information and Database Systems: Third International Conference, ACIIDS 2011, Daegu, Korea, April 20-22, 2011, Proceedings, Part I, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011, p. 47–56.

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 Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria.

Blog post

[1]

O`Callaghan J. Russia’s Largest Private Science Funder Shuts Down After Kremlin Labels It A “Foreign Agent.” IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/russias-largest-private-science-foundation-shuts-after-kremlin-labels-it-foreign-agent/ (accessed October 30, 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. Issues to Be Considered During Deliberations to Reauthorize the Federal-Aid Highway Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Gustus CH. E-Mentoring an Educator in a State School for the Deaf: An Action Research Study. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood 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

[1]

Pilon M. At Play in the Cardboard Jungle. New York Times 2014:MB3.

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	Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria
ISSN (print)	0393-0645
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Phychiatric Mental Health