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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Gastroenterology 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. Beal MF. Parkinson’s disease: a model dilemma. Nature. 2010;466:S8-10.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Maslov S, Sneppen K. Specificity and stability in topology of protein networks. Science. 2002;296:910–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hathaway DH, Upton L, Colegrove O. Giant convection cells found on the Sun. Science. 2013;342:1217–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Stagg SM, Gürkan C, Fowler DM, LaPointe P, Foss TR, Potter CS, et al. Structure of the Sec13/31 COPII coat cage. Nature. 2006;439:234–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Minenna M. The Incomplete Currency: The Future of the Euro and Solutions for the Eurozone. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Nóbrega C, Rodriguez-López R, editors. Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning the Development of Obesity. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kamp LM. Obstacles to and Facilitators of the Implementation of Small Urban Wind Turbines in the Netherlands. In: Sarkis J, Cordeiro JJ, Vazquez Brust D, editors. Facilitating Sustainable Innovation through Collaboration: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010. p. 59–76.

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 Gastroenterology Reports.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. NASA Cements Future Of Manned Space Exploration By Ordering More Launches From SpaceX And Boeing [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-cements-future-of-manned-space-exploration/

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. Tactical Airlift: Issues Concerning Air Force Plans for Pacific Distribution System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Mar. Report No.: NSIAD-89-81.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Shroff N. Efficient sensing, summarization and classification of videos [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 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. LaFRANIERE S, Lehren AW. The Disproportionate Risk of Driving While Black. New York Times. 2015 Oct 24;A1.

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 Gastroenterology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Gastroenterol. Rep.
ISSN (print)	1522-8037
ISSN (online)	1534-312X
Scope	General Medicine Gastroenterology