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Journal Articles & Preprints

  Format Example
Online articles 

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated name of journal. Publication Year;Volume#(Issue#):Page #-Page #. DOI

Note: if the DOI is not available use the URL instead.

1. Petitti DB, Crooks VC, Buckwalter JG, Chiu V. Blood pressure levels before dementia. Arch Neurol. 2005;62(1):112-6. doi:10.1001/archneur.62.1.112

1. Shaley D, Jacoby N. Modernizing psychiatry training for Neurologists - from off-service to in-service. JAMA Neurol.  2022;79(2):113-114. Accessed October 1, 2024.  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/fullarticle/2786577

Preprint articles

Preprints are unpublished articles pending peer review.

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Name of online source/publisher. Preprint posted online Month Day, Year. doi:##.###/###.####

-or- if article has been accepted by journal but not published yet:

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated name of journal. Accepted manuscript. Published online Month Day, Year. doi:##.###/###.####

1. Keast M, Bonacci J, Fox A. Geometric variation of the human tibia-fibula: a public dataset of tibia-fibula surface meshes and statistical shape model. bioRxiv. Preprint posted online August 5, 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.04.502722

 

 
Print/hardcopy articles #. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the article. Abbreviated name of journal. Publication Year;Volume#(Issue#):Page range.

1. Guo X, Ma Y, Min Y, et al. Progress and prospect of technical and regulatory challenges on tissue-engineered cartilage as therapeutic combination product. Bioact Mater. 2022;20:501-518.

Note: The spaces (or lack thereof) between punctuation/words/ numbers is intentional and important to adhere to. DOI are  preferred over URLS.

General Rules 

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given unless there are more than 6 (7 or more), in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”). e.g., Smith TP, Brown A, McLane E, et al.
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Follow examples when using upper- and lowercase initials and italics. Do not use quotation marks for titles (e.g., "Title").
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural Healthcare: A Definitive Guide.
  • Dates: Spell out the full month name for 'Accessed' date. e.g., June, not Jun or 06. 
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.