How to format your references using the Current Treatment Options in Allergy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Treatment Options in Allergy. 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. Schaetz T. Quantum physics: Entanglement beyond identical ions. Nature. 2015;528:337–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Alexander T, Natarajan P. Rapid growth of seed black holes in the early universe by supra-exponential accretion. Science. 2014;345:1330–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Poolman B, Geertsma ER, Slotboom D-J. Biochemistry. A missing link in membrane protein evolution. Science. 2007;315:1229–31.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Liu T, Liu X, Spring DR, Qian X, Cui J, Xu Z. Quantitatively mapping cellular viscosity with detailed organelle information via a designed PET fluorescent probe. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5418.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Davis M, McKimm J, Forrest K. How to Assess Doctors and Health Professionals. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Tonsberg TA. Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems: A Praxeological Perspective. Henderson JS, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Torres-Jimenez J, Avila-George H, Rangel-Valdez N, Martinez-Pena J. Optimization of Investment Options Using SQL. In: Kuri-Morales A, Simari GR, editors. Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2010: 12th Ibero-American Conference on AI, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, November 1-5, 2010 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 30–9.

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 Treatment Options in Allergy.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Antifreeze in Antarctic Fish Also Causes Ice Crystal Build-Up [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/antifreeze-antarctic-fish-also-causes-ice-crystal-build/

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: DLA Needs to Strengthen Its Investment Management Capability. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002 Mar. Report No.: GAO-02-314.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Haradon CM. The ecological context of the Acheulean to Middle Stone Age transition in Africa [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2010.

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. Barker K, Schweber N. A Woman Called ‘Sweet and Shy,’ Now Accused of Killing Her Newborn. New York Times. 2015 Oct 6;A25.

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 Treatment Options in Allergy
Abbreviation	Curr. Treat. Options Allergy
ISSN (online)	2196-3053
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