Author’s Guidelines [References ]

References

We accept the Vancouver and APA (American Psychological Association) reference styles. The articles belong to the medical, biology, and life sciences are required to use the Vancouver reference style. The journals of this category are as under,

  1. Advanced Food and Nutritional Sciences
  2. Advanced Biomedical Sciences
  3. Canadian Journal of Biomedical Sciences
  4. Journal of Applied Molecular Cell Biology
  5. Journal of Applied Pharmacy

Whereas, the following journals of social, business and technological sciences are needed to use the APA referenced style,  

  • Advanced Business and Finance
  • Advanced Calculation and Analysis
  • Advanced Engineering and Technology
  • Advanced Geosciences
  • Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Advanced Research and Education
  • Journal of Experimental Physics

The Vancouver references style should be numbered sequentially [in square brackets] in the text and listed in the same numerical order in the reference section. The reference numbers must be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted before submission. Few examples are given below,

  1. Journal Reference:

[1]  Mike WS, Susan B. The neurological channels and expression of DNA. J App Pharm 2010; 10(13): 213-53.

[2]  Daniel PD, Jonson MI, Jackob PA, et al. Role of cytokine to introduce the neuropathic complication. Can J Biomed Sci 2013; 5: 209-13.

  1. Book Reference:

[3]  Schmidt LD. The engineering of chemical reactions, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press: New York 2005; pp. 71-88.

  1. Book Chapter Reference:

[4]  Ford HL, Sclafani RA, Degregori J. Cell cycle regulatory casacade. In: Stein GS, Pardee AB, Eds. Cell cycle and growth control: bimolecular regulation and cancer, 2nd ed. Wiley- Liss: Hoboken, NJ 2004; pp. 42-67.

  1. Conference Proceedings:

[5]  Harris AH, Ed. Economics and health: 1997: Proceedings of the 19th Australian Conference of Health Economists; 1997 Sep 13-14; Sydney, Australia. Kensington, N.S.W.: School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales 1998.

  1. URL(WebPage):

[6]  Anthony M. Nutrition beyond the trends: Boron’s a beneficial bone builder [Online] 2005 [cited 2005]. Available at: www.foodprocessing.com/articles/2005/417.html

  1. Patent:

[7]  Pagedas AC. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498, 2002 Aug 1.

  1. Thesis:

[8]  Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans. PhD dissertation. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Micihigan University 2002.

APA (American Psychological Association) Style (1929) sought to establish a simple set of procedures, or style rules to increase the ease of reading comprehension. The rules or guidelines of this style ensure clear and consistent presentation of written material. Few examples of APA references style are listed below,

  • A book in print

Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. Philadelphia: Ballière Tindall.

  • A book chapter, print version

Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

  • An eBook

Millbower, L. (2003). Show biz training: Fun and effective business training techniques from the worlds of stage, screen, and song. Retrieved from http://www.amacombooks.org/

  • An article in a print journal

Alibali, M. W. (1999). How children change their minds: Strategy change can be gradual or abrupt. Developmental Psychology, 35, 127-145.

  • An article in a journal without DOI

Carter, S., & Dunbar-Odom, D. (2009). The converging literacies center: An integrated model for writing programs. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 14(1), 38-48. Retrieved from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/

  • An article in a journal with DOI

Gaudio, J. L., & Snowdon, C. T. (2008). Spatial cues more salient than color cues in cotton-top tamarins (saguinus oedipus) reversal learning. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 122, 441-444. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.4.441

Moreover, the references must be complete and accurate. If the number of authors exceeds six then et al. will be used after three names (the term “et al.” should be in italics). Date of access should be provided for online citations. Journal names should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus/MEDLINE. Punctuation should be properly applied as mentioned in the examples given above. Superscript in the in-text citations and reference section should be avoided. Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications (which can only be included if prior permission has been obtained) should not be given in the references section. The details may however appear in the footnotes. The authors are encouraged to use a recent version of EndNote (version 5 and above) or Reference Manager (version 10) when formatting their reference list, as this allows references to be automatically extracted.