How to format your references using the Allergology International citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Allergology International (ALIT). 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Dando M. Biologists napping while work militarized. Nature 2009;460(7258):950–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Taylor JRA., Kier WM. Biomechanics: a pneumo-hydrostatic skeleton in land crabs. Nature 2006;440(7087):1005.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cubrović M., Zaanen J., Schalm K. String theory, quantum phase transitions, and the emergent Fermi liquid. Science 2009;325(5939):439–44.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Sharma CM., Hoffmann S., Darfeuille F., Reignier J., Findeiss S., Sittka A., et al. The primary transcriptome of the major human pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Nature 2010;464(7286):250–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Young S., Bramham J. Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for ADHD in Adolescents and Adults, Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012.

An edited book

Russell CT. New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt, New York, NY: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Wessels H. Statistics in the South African School Curriculum. In: Batanero C, Burrill G, Reading C, editors. Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education: A Joint ICMI/IASE Study: The 18th ICMI Study, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011, p. 21–5.

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 Allergology International.

Blog post

Carpineti A. More Bright Galaxies Discovered In The Early Universe. IFLScience. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/more-bright-galaxies-discovered-in-the-early-universe/ [accessed October 30, 2018].

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. Education Programs: Information on Major Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary Education Programs, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Whitehead CF. Teacher perceptions of the effects of parentification on social interactions in the school setting. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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

Williams J. Feeling Blah? There’s a Book About That. New York Times 2017:C2.

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	Allergology International
Abbreviation	Allergol. Int.
ISSN (print)	1323-8930
ISSN (online)	1440-1592
Scope	General Medicine Immunology and Allergy