How to format your references using the Academic Pediatrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Academic Pediatrics. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Crow JM. HPV: The global burden. Nature. 2012;488(7413):S2-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Paczolt KA, Jones AG. Post-copulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male pregnancy. Nature. 2010;464(7287):401-404.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sakakura A, Ukai A, Ishihara K. Enantioselective halocyclization of polyprenoids induced by nucleophilic phosphoramidites. Nature. 2007;445(7130):900-903.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Niu F, Silver PG, Daley TM, Cheng X, Majer EL. Preseismic velocity changes observed from active source monitoring at the Parkfield SAFOD drill site. Nature. 2008;454(7201):204-208.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Bobrow J, Kohn E, Mondragon-Gilmore J, Eggenschwiler J. CliffsNotes® Praxis I®: PPST®. Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Hu Z. Electricity Economics: Production Functions with Electricity. (Hu Z, ed.). Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Barker R, Kasim T. Integrated Reporting: Precursor of a Paradigm Shift in Corporate Reporting? In: Mio C, ed. Integrated Reporting: A New Accounting Disclosure. Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016:81-108.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Academic Pediatrics.

Blog post

Andrew E. Artistic Squirrel Carves His Own Jack-O-Lantern. IFLScience. October 29, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/artistic-squirrel-carves-his-own-jack-o-lantern/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Underwood VL. The Effect of Guided Reading Instruction on Reading Achievement. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University; 2010.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Hollander S. Prep School Game Introduces Motivation Skills to Inner City Children. New York Times. April 6, 2002:D5.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ¹.
This sentence cites two references ^1,2.
This sentence cites four references ^1–4.

About the journal

Full journal title	Academic Pediatrics
Abbreviation	Acad. Pediatr.
ISSN (print)	1876-2859
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health