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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics. 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. Astudillo Besnier P. Chile needs better science governance and support. Nature. 2014;511:385.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kedar S, Webb FH. Ocean science. The ocean’s seismic hum. Science. 2005;307:682–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Zhou Z, Barrett PM, Hilton J. An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem. Nature. 2003;421:807–14.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Davis BN, Hilyard AC, Lagna G, Hata A. SMAD proteins control DROSHA-mediated microRNA maturation. Nature. 2008;454:56–61.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Sewell G. Computational Methods of Linear Algebra. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

1. Francis SH, Conti M, Houslay MD, editors. Phosphodiesterases as Drug Targets. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. van den Heuvel W-J. To Adapt or Not to Adapt, That is the Question. In: Doumeingts G, Müller J, Morel G, Vallespir B, editors. Enterprise Interoperability: New Challenges and Approaches. London: Springer; 2007. p. 45–54.

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 Pediatrics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Does A Mum’s Diet During Pregnancy Influence Her Baby’s Food Preferences? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-mum-s-diet-during-pregnancy-influence-her-baby-s-food-preferences/

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. Natural Gas Pipelines: Greater Use of Instrumented Inspection Technology Can Improve Safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992 Sep. Report No.: RCED-92-237.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Douville S. The lived experience of being a European wife to a U.S. Marine: A heuristic study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2014.

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. Pilon M. Baton in This Race Is the Conductor’s. New York Times. 2014 Jul 22;B10.

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 Pediatrics
Abbreviation	Curr. Treat. Options Pediatr.
ISSN (online)	2198-6088
Scope

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