How to format your references using the Current Epidemiology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Epidemiology Reports. 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. Lakes R. MATERIALS SCIENCE: Deformations in Extreme Matter. Science. 2000;288:1976–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Alexandrakis G, Poulos SΕ. An holistic approach to beach erosion vulnerability assessment. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6078.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Fournier AE, GrandPre T, Strittmatter SM. Identification of a receptor mediating Nogo-66 inhibition of axonal regeneration. Nature. 2001;409:341–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Jones MWM, Elgass K, Junker MD, Luu MB, Ryan MT, Peele AG, et al. Mapping biological composition through quantitative phase and absorption X-ray ptychography. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6796.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Vitale J. The Seven Lost Secrets of Success. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Sito G, editor. Hyperhidrosis: Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Rossi ME, Deutsch CV. Definition of Estimation Domains. In: Deutsch CV, editor. Mineral Resource Estimation. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 51–65.

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 Current Epidemiology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Comet ISON: The Real Song of Ice and Fire [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/comet-ison-real-song-ice-and-fire/

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. Information Technology: DHS Needs to Enhance Management of Cost and Schedule for Major Investments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Sep. Report No.: GAO-12-904.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Labelle DA. Perceived barriers to recruitment and retention in rural healthcare sectors: A physical therapist narrative inquiry [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2012.

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. Shear MD, Yee V. ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S. for Now, but Their Long-Term Fate Is Unclear. New York Times. 2017 Jun 16;A17.

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	Current Epidemiology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Epidemiol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2196-2995
Scope