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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Pharmacology 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. Olveczky BP. Neuroscience: Ordered randomness in fly love songs. Nature. 2014;507:177–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Erwin DH, Krakauer DC. Evolution. Insights into innovation. Science. 2004;304:1117–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Dian BC, Longarte A, Zwier TS. Conformational dynamics in a dipeptide after single-mode vibrational excitation. Science. 2002;296:2369–73.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chen C-L, Qi J, Tao J, Zuckermann RN, DeYoreo JJ. Tuning calcite morphology and growth acceleration by a rational design of highly stable protein-mimetics. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6266.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Mauthe A, Thomas P. Professional Content Management Systems. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

1. Green K, Mews C, editors. Virtue Ethics for Women 1250-1500. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kiayias A, Xu S, Yung M. Privacy Preserving Data Mining within Anonymous Credential Systems. In: Ostrovsky R, Prisco RD, Visconti I, editors. Security and Cryptography for Networks: 6th International Conference, SCN 2008, Amalfi, Italy, September 10-12, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 57–76.

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 Pharmacology Reports.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Float through a celestial snow angel [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/float-through-celestial-snow-angel/

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. Electronic Prescribing: CMS Should Address Inconsistencies in Its Two Incentive Programs That Encourage the Use of Health Information Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Feb. Report No.: GAO-11-159.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Gunderson CA. The Moderating Effect of Type of Target on the Relationship between Collective Rumination and Displaced Aggression [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Wilson M. New Jersey Man Is Found Guilty on All Counts in Chelsea Bomb Attack. New York Times. 2017 Oct 16;A19.

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 Pharmacology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Pharmacol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2198-641X
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