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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Pulmonology 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. Ciotti L. Galaxy formation: Anatomy of elliptical galaxies. Nature. 2009;460:333–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chiu C, Weliky M. Neuroscience. Synaptic modification by vision. Science. 2003;300:1890–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Smith DK, Cann JR, Escartín J. Widespread active detachment faulting and core complex formation near 13 degrees N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature. 2006;442:440–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Li ZY, Young NP, Di Vece M, Palomba S, Palmer RE, Bleloch AL, et al. Three-dimensional atomic-scale structure of size-selected gold nanoclusters. Nature. 2008;451:46–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Murdoch I, Turpin S, Johnston B, MacLullich A, Losman E. Geriatric Emergencies. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Bertolotto M, Trombetta C, editors. Scrotal Pathology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Mallett J. Modeling the Textbook Fractional Reserve Banking System. In: Osinga S, Hofstede GJ, Verwaart T, editors. Emergent Results of Artificial Economics. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 53–64.

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 Pulmonology Reports.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Eating Human Brains Drove Evolution In Remote Tribe [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/tribe-evolved-response-eating-human-brains/

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. Highway Infrastructure: Perceptions of Stakeholders on Approaches to Reduce Highway Project Completion Time. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Apr. Report No.: GAO-03-398.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bermudez D. The effects of Hispanic parent-adolescent biculturalism disparity on male adolescent delinquency [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2008.

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. Wagner J. Syndergaard, Last Man Standing, Is Natural Choice for Survival Game. New York Times. 2016 Oct 5;B9.

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 Pulmonology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Pulmonol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2199-2428
Scope

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