How to format your references using the Clinical Pharmacokinetics citation style

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

1. Weiss BP. Planetary science. A vitrage of asteroid magnetism. Science. 2012;338:897–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sercombe TB, Schaffer GB. Rapid manufacturing of aluminum components. Science. 2003;301:1225–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Xu Y, Ramu Y, Lu Z. Removal of phospho-head groups of membrane lipids immobilizes voltage sensors of K+ channels. Nature. 2008;451:826–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Wedlich-Soldner R, Altschuler S, Wu L, Li R. Spontaneous cell polarization through actomyosin-based delivery of the Cdc42 GTPase. Science. 2003;299:1231–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ndjountche T. Digital Electronics 3. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Scesi L. Water Circulation in Rocks. Gattinoni P, editor. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Aubert P, Blanchet D, Blau D. Social Contract and Age at Retirement: Some Elements of a Franco-American Comparison. In: Pennec S, Légaré J, editors. Ages, Generations and the Social Contract: The Demographic Challenges Facing the Welfare State. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007. p. 115–53.

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 Clinical Pharmacokinetics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Quantum Physics Can Fight Fraud By Making Card Verification Unspoofable [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/quantum-physics-can-fight-fraud-making-card-verification-unspoofable/

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. Department of Energy’s Consolidation of Information Processing Activities Needs More Attention. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978 May. Report No.: EMD-78-60.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Weitkunat S. Facies and Log Analysis of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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. Kelly T. A Consultant Reports a Flaw In Ebay’s Web Site Security. New York Times. 1999 May 20;G3.

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	Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Abbreviation	Clin. Pharmacokinet.
ISSN (print)	0312-5963
ISSN (online)	1179-1926
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology

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