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. Bender E. Big data in biomedicine. Nature. 2015;527:S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Picker LJ, Lifson JD. HIV: Seeking ultimate victory. Nature. 2015;517:281–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Baarlink C, Wang H, Grosse R. Nuclear actin network assembly by formins regulates the SRF coactivator MAL. Science. 2013;340:864–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Shin K, Xiang H, Moon SI, Kim T, McCarthy TJ, Russell TP. Curving and frustrating flatland. Science. 2004;306:76.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Breitmaier E. Vom NMR-Spektrum zur Strukturformel organischer Verbindungen. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

1. Beziau J-Y, Chakraborty M, Dutta S, editors. New Directions in Paraconsistent Logic: 5th WCP, Kolkata, India, February 2014. 1st ed. 2015. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Fairman D, Chigas D, McClintock E, Drager N. Coalition-Building and Process Strategies. In: Chigas D, McClintock E, Drager N, editors. Negotiating Public Health in a Globalized World: Global Health Diplomacy in Action. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012. p. 63–79.

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. Fang J. Sabercats Used Their Jaws Like Can Openers [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sabercats-used-their-jaws-can-openers/

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. Federal Research: Guidance for Equipment Acquired Under Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Mar. Report No.: RCED-99-73.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Richards O. Teachers’ Perceptions About the Value of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Case Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral University; 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. Pilon M. Suit Change Does Not Matter As U.S. Misses Podium Again. New York Times. 2014 Feb 16;SP7.

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