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Citation Guide Old: How to cite PERIODICALS

Note

Journal titles are generally abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations maintained by the ISSN International Centre. See Appendix 29.1 in Scientific Style and Format for more information.

Journals

Author(s). Date. Article title. Journal title. Volume(issue):page range. Notes.

Examples

Mazan MR, Hoffman AM. 2001. Effects of aerosolized albuterol on physiologic responses to exercise in standardbreds. Am J Vet Res. 62(11):1812–1817.

Article with a DOI number from a database

Arscott WT, Tandle AT, Zhao S, Shabason JE, Gordon IK, Schlaff CD, Zhang G, Tofilon PJ, Camphausen KA. 2013 Dec. Ionizing radiation and glioblastoma exosomes: implications in tumor biology and cell migration. Transl Oncol. [accessed 2014 June 5];6(6):638-648. http://www.doi.org/10.1593/tlo.13640.

Volume with no issue or other subdivision

Laskowski DA. 2002. Physical and chemical properties of pyrethroids. Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 174:49–170.

Volume with issue and supplement

Gardos G, Cole JO, Haskell D, Marby D, Paine SS, Moore P. 1988. The natural history of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Pharmacol. 8(4 Suppl):31S–37S.

Volume with supplement but no issue

Heemskerk J, Tobin AJ, Ravina B. 2002. From chemical to drug: neurodegeneration drug screening and the ethics of clinical trials. Nat Neurosci. 5 Suppl:1027–1029.

Multiple issue numbers

Ramstrom O, Bunyapaiboonsri T, Lohmann S, Lehn JM. 2002. Chemical biology of dynamic combinatorial libraries. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1572(2–3):178–186.

Issue with no volume

Sabatier R. 1995. Reorienting health and social services. AIDS STD Health Promot Exch. (4):1–3.

Magazines

Author's Name. Year month day. Article title. Title of Periodical:pages.

Examples

Matesi, A.  2001 Dec. Living well. Professional Builder:40-50.

Mead, WR. 2009 Apr 27. The debt we owe the Dutch. Newsweek:39.

Newspapers

Author's Name. Year Month Day. Article title. Title of Newspaper (edition). Section:beginning page of article(column number).

Examples

Weiss R. 2003 Apr 11. Study shows problems in cloning people: researchers find replicating primates will be harder than other mammals. Washington Post (Home Ed.). Sect. A:12 (col. 1).

Cold weather chills home building in many states. 2002 Feb 14. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Ed.). Sect. B:17.