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. Isselbacher KJ. Retrospective. Paul C. Zamecnik (1912-2009). Science. 2009;326:1359.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Vrabioiu AM, Mitchison TJ. Structural insights into yeast septin organization from polarized fluorescence microscopy. Nature. 2006;443:466–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Tong S, Meagher S, Vollenhoven B. Sonography: dizygotic twin survival in early pregnancy. Nature. 2002;416:142.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hodges C, Bintu L, Lubkowska L, Kashlev M, Bustamante C. Nucleosomal fluctuations govern the transcription dynamics of RNA polymerase II. Science. 2009;325:626–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lipiansky E. Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engineers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Manickavasagan A, Jayasuriya H, editors. Imaging with Electromagnetic Spectrum: Applications in Food and Agriculture. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Nicolini E, Ringeissen C, Rusinowitch M. Combinable Extensions of Abelian Groups. In: Schmidt RA, editor. Automated Deduction – CADE-22: 22nd International Conference on Automated Deduction, Montreal, Canada, August 2-7, 2009 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009. p. 51–66.

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. Andrew E. Adult Breast Milk Drinkers Aren’t Just Wasting Their Money – They’re Endangering Their Health [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/adult-breast-milk-deinkers-aren-t-just-wasting-their-money-they-re-endangering/

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. Research and Development: Funding of Jet Aircraft Engines for Fiscal Years 1984-1988. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Mar. Report No.: NSIAD-89-12FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Powell JE. Menasha Litigation: Wake-Up Call or Just A False Alarm [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2013.

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. George R. Flying the Flag, Fleeing The State. New York Times. 2011 Apr 25;A25.

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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