How to format your references using the Current Therapeutic Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Therapeutic Research. 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	Download the output style file
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

Xanthos M. Recycling of the #5 polymer. Science. 2012;337(6095):700-702.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wickware P, Smaglik P. Labs and companies seek their niches as work continues after the draft. Nature. 2001;409(6822):961-963.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee YK, Lee H, Park JY. Tandem-structured, hot electron based photovoltaic cell with double Schottky barriers. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4580.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Singer T, Seymour B, O’Doherty JP, Stephan KE, Dolan RJ, Frith CD. Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature. 2006;439(7075):466-469.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Helsel DR. Statistics for Censored Environmental Data Using Minitab® and R. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Hakeem KR, Akhtar MS, Abdullah SNA, eds. Plant, Soil and Microbes: Volume 1: Implications in Crop Science. 1st ed. 2016. Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Wang E. MicroRNA Systems Biology. In: Erdmann VA, Poller W, Barciszewski J, eds. RNA Technologies in Cardiovascular Medicine and Research. Springer; 2008:69-86.

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 Therapeutic Research.

Blog post

Hamilton K. If Two Countries Waged Cyber War On Each Another, Here’s What To Expect. IFLScience. August 9, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/if-two-countries-waged-cyber-war-on-each-another-heres-what-to-expect/

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

Government Accountability Office. Highway Trust Fund: Strategies for Safeguarding Highway Financing. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Giles CL. Faculty Mentoring of Undergraduate Students: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 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

Mueller B. Size of Manhunt Area for 2nd Prison Escapee Significantly Expanded. New York Times. June 28, 2015:A22.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Therapeutic Research
Abbreviation	Curr. Ther. Res. Clin. Exp.
ISSN (print)	0011-393X
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology