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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Pediatrics 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. Zuk M. Evolution. Dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening? Science. 2010;328:1237–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kamena F, Spang A. Tip20p prohibits back-fusion of COPII vesicles with the endoplasmic reticulum. Science. 2004;304:286–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Yang Z, Watanabe S, Kato T. The irradiation effect of a simultaneous laser and electron dual-beam on void formation. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1201.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. DiToro D, Winstead CJ, Pham D, Witte S, Andargachew R, Singer JR, et al. Differential IL-2 expression defines developmental fates of follicular versus nonfollicular helper T cells. Science. 2018;361.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Supplemental Proceedings. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Wang Z. MicroRNA Expression Detection Methods. Yang B, editor. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Aggelis DG. Acoustic Emission Analysis for NDE in Concrete. In: Ohtsu M, editor. Innovative AE and NDT Techniques for On-Site Measurement of Concrete and Masonry Structures: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 239-MCM. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2016. p. 69–88.

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 Pediatrics Reports.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Brain Injury Releases Astonishing Mathematical Powers [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/brain-injury-releases-astonishing-mathematical-powers/

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. Head Start: Information on Sponsoring Organizations and Center Facilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Jul. Report No.: HRD-89-123FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mills CC. Olfaction and Exhibition: Assessing the Impact of Scent in Museums on Exhibit Engagement, Learning and Empathy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic 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. Kenigsberg B. Company Town. New York Times. 2017 Sep 7;C6.

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 Pediatrics Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Pediatr. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2167-4841
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