How to format your references using the Annual Review of Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Annual Review of Physiology. 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

Herrmann M. 2014. Plasma physics: A promising advance in nuclear fusion. Nature. 506(7488):302–3

A journal article with 2 authors

Nussenzweig MC, Mellman I. 2011. Ralph Steinman (1943-2011). Nature. 478(7370):460

A journal article with 3 authors

Brookmeyer R, Johnson E, Bollinger R. 2004. Public health vaccination policies for containing an anthrax outbreak. Nature. 432(7019):901–4

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Boon J-P, Casti J, Djerassi C, Johnson J, Lovett A, et al. 2006. A concrete example. Nature. 444(7115):122

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sharpe NF, Carter RF. 2005. Genetic Testing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Fan S, Fielding-Wells J, eds. 2016. What is Next in Educational Research? Rotterdam: SensePublishers. XIV, 364 p p.

A chapter in an edited book

Love JC, Derrick SM, Wiersema JM. 2011. Fractures of the Vertebral Column, Sternum, Scapulae, and Clavicles. In Skeletal Atlas of Child Abuse, ed SM Derrick, JM Wiersema, pp. 57–67. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press

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 Annual Review of Physiology.

Blog post

Hamilton K. 2017. Watch Live As A Giraffe Gives Birth On Camera. IFLScience. www.iflscience.com

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. 2010. Aviation Safety: Improved Data Quality and Analysis Capabilities Are Needed as FAA Plans a Risk-Based Approach to Safety Oversight. GAO-10-414, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Louviere EC. 2017. Bonds Behind Bars: The Impact of Program Participation on Interpersonal Inmate Connections in Louisiana State Penitentiary. Doctoral dissertation thesis. University of Louisiana

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

Pilon M. 2012. Wing-Suited Stuntman Executes a Super-Hero Plunge. New York Times, May 24, p. B11

In-text citations

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

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	Annual Review of Physiology
Abbreviation	Annu. Rev. Physiol.
ISSN (print)	0066-4278
ISSN (online)	1545-1585
Scope	Physiology