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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Rheumatology 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. Crutcher RM. Astronomy. Testing star formation theory. Science. 2006;313:771–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Guydosh NR, Block SM. Direct observation of the binding state of the kinesin head to the microtubule. Nature. 2009;461:125–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bejan A, Ziaei S, Lorente S. Evolution: why all plumes and jets evolve to round cross sections. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4730.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. DiTullio GR, Grebmeier JM, Arrigo KR, Lizotte MP, Robinson DH, Leventer A, et al. Rapid and early export of Phaeocystis antarctica blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Nature. 2000;404:595–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1992.

An edited book

1. Lingras P, Wolski M, Cornelis C, Mitra S, Wasilewski P, editors. Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology: 8th International Conference, RSKT 2013, Halifax, NS, Canada, October 11-14, 2013, Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Bellardita L. Dalla visita multidisciplinare alla riunione collegiale. In: Bellardita L, Magnani T, Valdagni R, editors. Il tumore alla prostata: Paziente, familiari e medici: esperienze narrate. Milano: Springer; 2013. p. 25–35.

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 Rheumatology Reports.

Blog post

1. Evans K. Here’s How People Judge You Based On Your Face [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/heres-how-people-judge-you-based-on-your-face/

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: Implementation of IT Reform Law and Related Initiatives Can Help Improve Acquisitions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2017 Mar. Report No.: GAO-17-494T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bishop S. The impact of attachment and social support on parents of children with autism [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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. Tarred and Weathered, Cobblestones Are in Trouble. New York Times. 2003 May 4;147.

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 Rheumatology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Rheumatol. Rep.
ISSN (print)	1523-3774
ISSN (online)	1534-6307
Scope	Rheumatology