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. Wadman M. The pain game. Nature. 2007;448:400–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Thisse C, Zon LI. Organogenesis--heart and blood formation from the zebrafish point of view. Science. 2002;295:457–62.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Sasaki T, Matsuki N, Ikegaya Y. Action-potential modulation during axonal conduction. Science. 2011;331:599–601.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Yu P, Yan Y, Gu Q, Wang X. Codon optimisation improves the expression of Trichoderma viride sp. endochitinase in Pichia pastoris. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3043.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Abu-Jamous B, Fa R, Nandi AK. Integrative Cluster Analysis in Bioinformatics. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Chang M, Kuo R, Kinshuk, Chen G-D, Hirose M, editors. Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and Development: 4th International Conference on E-Learning and Games, Edutainment 2009, Banff, Canada, August 9-11, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Türler A, Gregorich KE. Experimental Techniques. In: Schädel M, Shaughnessy D, editors. The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 261–308.

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. O`Callaghan J. Cassini Just Took Some Stunning New Images Of Clouds On Titan. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. Intercollegiate Athletics: Recent Trends in Teams and Participants in National Collegiate Athletic Association Sports. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Jul. Report No.: GAO-07-535.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Wang Y. Yield aggregation impacts on area-based insurance and commodity program [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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. St. John Kelly E. Building a Business, Quarter by Quarter. New York Times. 1998 May 17;144.

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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