How to format your references using the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. 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

Elmegreen BG. Astronomy. Dark matter in galactic collisional debris. Science. 2007;316:1132–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jensen ELN, Akeson R. Misaligned protoplanetary disks in a young binary star system. Nature. 2014;511:567–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Saá P, Castilla J, Soto C. Presymptomatic detection of prions in blood. Science. 2006;313:92–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Leighton PA, Mitchell KJ, Goodrich LV, Lu X, Pinson K, Scherz P et al. Defining brain wiring patterns and mechanisms through gene trapping in mice. Nature. 2001;410:174–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Storey IC, Allan A. A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008.

An edited book

Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse: Impact in Children and Social Minorities. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Antonucci E. Wind in the Solar Corona: Dynamics and Composition. In: Baker DN, Klecker B, Schwartz SJ et al. eds. Solar Dynamics and Its Effects on the Heliosphere and Earth. New York, NY: Springer. 2007:35–50.

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 Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology.

Blog post

Watch Monster Magnetic Putty Devour Metal Objects. (https://www.iflscience.com/technology/watch-monster-magnetic-putty-devour-metal-objects/). Accessed 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office. Social Security Administration: Cases of Federal Employees and Transportation Drivers and Owners Who Fraudulently and/or Improperly Received SSA Benefits. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Matos G. Re-fashioning goddesses: Exploring women’s archetypal fashion in the classroom. 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

Kanter J. Europe Weighs Tax Plans Aimed at Online Giants. New York Times. 2017:B4.

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	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Abbreviation	Scand. J. Rheumatol.
ISSN (print)	0300-9742
ISSN (online)	1502-7732
Scope	Immunology General Medicine Immunology and Allergy Rheumatology