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. Gershon D. Structural genomics--from cottage industry to industrial revolution. Nature. 2000;408:273–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Folkman J, Kalluri R. Cancer without disease. Nature. 2004;427:787.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Suvà ML, Riggi N, Bernstein BE. Epigenetic reprogramming in cancer. Science. 2013;339:1567–70.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Goes JI, Thoppil PG, Gomes H do R, Fasullo JT. Warming of the Eurasian landmass is making the Arabian Sea more productive. Science. 2005;308:545–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Morley D. Communications and Mobility. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

1. Ferrarese G, Bini D, editors. Introduction to Relativistic Continuum Mechanics. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Erozan YS, Ramzy I. Respiratory Infections. In: Ramzy I, editor. Pulmonary Cytopathology. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2014. p. 53–85.

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. Andrew E. Scientists Work Out How To Make Chocolate Healthier And More Flavorful [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-work-out-how-make-chocolate-healthier-and-more-flavorful/

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. Comments on the Office of Personnel Management’s February 20, 2008 Report to Congress Regarding the Retirement Systems Modernization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Mar. Report No.: GAO-08-576R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Salamah H. Potential barriers to seeking medical care: Does obesity and/or self-esteem result in decreased frequency of necessary medical office visits? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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. Wasik JF. The Next Hot Start-Up Benefit Could Be a 401(k). New York Times. 2016 Sep 22;B7.

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

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