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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Psychiatry 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. Gilmore G. Astronomy. The short spectacular life of a superstar. Science. 2004;304:1915–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Matzke M, Matzke AJM. RNAi extends its reach. Science. 2003;301:1060–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Arantes-Oliveira N, Berman JR, Kenyon C. Healthy animals with extreme longevity. Science. 2003;302:611.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Grine FE, Bailey RM, Harvati K, Nathan RP, Morris AG, Henderson GM, et al. Late Pleistocene human skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and modern human origins. Science. 2007;315:226–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Smith RA. Virgil. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

1. Kırış T, Zhang JH, editors. Cerebral Vasospasm: New Strategies in Research and Treatment. Vienna: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Teng JG, Yu T, Wong YL. Hybrid FRP-Concrete-Steel Double-Skin Tubular Structural Members. In: Ye L, Feng P, Yue Q, editors. Advances in FRP Composites in Civil Engineering: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2010), Sep 27–29, 2010, Beijing, China. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 26–32.

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 Psychiatry Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Ancient Human Sacrifices Found Under Walls Of Korean Castle [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-human-sacrifices-found-under-walls-korean-castle/

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. Information Technology: Improvements for Acquisition of Customs Trade Processing System Continue, but Further Efforts Needed to Avoid More Cost and Schedule Shortfalls. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Oct. Report No.: GAO-08-46.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Savage F. Effect of Dry-Wet Cycles on Fracture Propagation in Shale and Gas Production Mechanism [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2014.

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. Crow K. Posters of Upscale Batterers Show That Class Offers No Immunity. New York Times. 2002 Dec 8;146.

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 Psychiatry Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Psychiatry Rep.
ISSN (print)	1523-3812
ISSN (online)	1535-1645
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health