BMC Psychiatry Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in BMC Psychiatry style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Psychiatry citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in BMC Psychiatry.

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How do you cite a book in the BMC Psychiatry referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in BMC Psychiatry

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Psychiatry using placeholders:
1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
BMC Psychiatry citation:
1. Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edition. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in BMC Psychiatry looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the BMC Psychiatry citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Psychiatry format?

The basic information included in your citation will be the same across all styles. However, the format in which that information is presented is somewhat different depending on style you need. To cite a paper in BMC Psychiatry, follow this example

Here’s a BMC Psychiatry journal citation example using placeholders:
1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume Issue:pages Used. doi:DOI.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in BMC Psychiatry: