References
References must be numbered consecutively in the order they appear in the text, tables, or figures, and cited using superscript numbers,2 please do not use [2] or (2). They should not appear in the abstract. References cited in tables or figures should continue the sequence from the main text. Punctuation should be before the reference number e.g., .1 ,1
The reference style of DHM follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals: Sample References (updated June 2024). Journal names must be abbreviated according to PubMed. If a journal is not listed on PubMed write its name in full. Where available, all of doi, PMID, and PMCID identifiers (in that order) must be included for all journal articles. Do not include epub dates.
Examples:
- Journal article:
Wilson CM, Sayer MDJ. Transportation of divers with decompression illness on the west coast of Scotland. Diving Hyperb Med. 2011;41:64–9. - Journal article with identifiers:
Doolette DJ, Mitchell SJ. In-water recompression. Diving Hyperb Med. 2018;48:84–95. doi: 10.28920/dhm48.2.84-95. PMID: 29888380. PMCID: PMC6156824. - Book:
Kindwall EP, Whelan HT, editors. Hyperbaric medicine practice. 3rd ed. Flagstaff (AZ): Best Publishing Company; 2008. - Chapter in a book:
Moon RE, Gorman DF. Treatment of decompression disorders. In: Brubakk AO, Neuman TS, editors. Bennett and Elliott’s physiology and medicine of diving. Edinburgh: Saunders; 2003. p. 600−50. - Workshop or conference proceedings:
Vann RD, Mitchell SJ, Denoble PJ, Anthony TG, editors. Technical diving conference proceedings. Durham (NC): Divers Alert Network; 2009. - NEDU technical reports:
Goodman MW, Workman RD. Minimal-recompression, oxygen-breathing approach to treatment of decompression sickness in divers and aviators. Research Report NEDU TR 5-65. Washington DC: Navy Experimental Diving Unit; 1965.
For all material / reports / publications that are not books or journal articles and that are available online, please provide a cited date and web address in the format:
[cited Year Mo Day]. Available from: http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. e.g., [cited 2018 January 02]. Available from: http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA452905.
Further examples are available on the ICMJE website and National Library of Medicine: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html. Authors are responsible for checking all references against the original sources.