How to format your references using the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 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

Powell, K. (2003). Inspiration from architecture: building a better scientific rapport. Nature, 424(6950), 858–859.

A journal article with 2 authors

Müller, B., & Sheen, J. (2008). Cytokinin and auxin interaction in root stem-cell specification during early embryogenesis. Nature, 453(7198), 1094–1097.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schön, J. H., Kloc, C., & Batlogg, B. (2000). Superconductivity in molecular crystals induced by charge injection. Nature, 406(6797), 702–704.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Penjor, T., Mimura, T., Matsumoto, R., Yamamoto, M., & Nagano, Y. (2014). Characterization of limes (Citrus aurantifolia) grown in Bhutan and Indonesia using high-throughput sequencing. Scientific Reports, 4, 4853.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Armstrong, H. A., & Brasier, M. D. (2004). Microfossils. Blackwell Publishing.

An edited book

Neuhuber, W. L. (Ed.). (2006). Innervation of the Mammalian Esophagus (Vol. 185). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Burke, A., Hall, G. R., Yaari, R., Fleisher, A., Dougherty, J., Young, J., Brand, H., & Tariot, P. (2015). Pharmacological Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. In G. R. Hall, R. Yaari, A. Fleisher, J. Dougherty, J. Young, H. Brand, & P. Tariot (Eds.), Pocket Reference to Alzheimer’s Disease Management (pp. 41–48). Springer Healthcare Ltd.

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 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2016, October 19). Watch Live As ESA Attempts To Land On Mars. IFLScience; IFLScience.

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. (1997). Transportation Financing: Challenges in Meeting Long-Term Funding Needs for FAA, Amtrak, and the Nation’s Highways (T-RCED-97-151). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lutchman, C. (2008). Leadership impact on turnover among power engineers in the Oil Sands of Alberta [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Phoenix.

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

Wines, M. (2017, October 1). Justices Face Wisconsin Case That Could Redraw Partisan Political Maps. New York Times, A16.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Powell, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Müller & Sheen, 2008; Powell, 2003).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Müller & Sheen, 2008)
Three authors: (Schön et al., 2000)
6 or more authors: (Penjor et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Abbreviation	Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol.
ISSN (print)	0008-4212
ISSN (online)	1205-7541
Scope	Physiology General Medicine Physiology (medical) Pharmacology