How to format your references using the BioDrugs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for BioDrugs. 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

1. Benson O. Assembly of hybrid photonic architectures from nanophotonic constituents. Nature. 2011;480:193–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Morrison SJ, Kimble J. Asymmetric and symmetric stem-cell divisions in development and cancer. Nature. 2006;441:1068–74.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ma J-B, Ye K, Patel DJ. Structural basis for overhang-specific small interfering RNA recognition by the PAZ domain. Nature. 2004;429:318–22.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chakrapani V, Angus JC, Anderson AB, Wolter SD, Stoner BR, Sumanasekera GU. Charge transfer equilibria between diamond and an aqueous oxygen electrochemical redox couple. Science. 2007;318:1424–30.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Nasr VG, DiNardo JA. The Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Handbook. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

1. Steyn-Ross DA, Steyn-Ross M, editors. Modeling Phase Transitions in the Brain. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Antognini AB, Giovagnoli A, Romano D, Zagoraiou M. Computer Simulations for the Optimization of Technological Processes. In: Erto P, editor. Statistics for Innovation: Statistical Design of “Continuous” Product Innovation. Milano: Springer; 2009. p. 65–88.

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 BioDrugs.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. IVF Has Little Effect On Health Of The Child. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Aviation Safety: Changes Needed in FAA’s Service Difficulty Reporting Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Mar. Report No.: RCED-91-24.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Sullivan TJ. Molecular Ecology, Disease Ecology, and Candidate Genes for Pathogen Resistance in the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2017.

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

1. George R. The Taboo of Menstruation. New York Times. 2012 Dec 29;A19.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	BioDrugs
Abbreviation	BioDrugs
ISSN (print)	1173-8804
ISSN (online)	1179-190X
Scope	Biotechnology General Medicine Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology