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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Treatment Options in Rheumatology. 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. Segall P. Geophysics. Understanding earthquakes. Science. 2012;336:676–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Betts JR, Atkinson RC. Education. Better research needed on the impact of charter schools. Science. 2012;335:171–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bennett VC, Brandon AD, Nutman AP. Coupled 142Nd-143Nd isotopic evidence for Hadean mantle dynamics. Science. 2007;318:1907–10.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Milner-Gulland EJ, Bukreeva OM, Coulson T, Lushchekina AA, Kholodova MV, Bekenov AB, et al. Conservation: Reproductive collapse in saiga antelope harems. Nature. 2003;422:135.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wiesmann U, Choi IS, Dombrowski E-M. Fundamentals of Biological Wastewater Treatment. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2006.

An edited book

1. Järvelä M, Juhola S, editors. Energy, Policy, and the Environment: Modeling Sustainable Development for the North. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Karsai G, Narayanan A. Towards Verification of Model Transformations Via Goal-Directed Certification. In: Broy M, Krüger IH, Meisinger M, editors. Model-Driven Development of Reliable Automotive Services: Second Automotive Software Workshop, ASWSD 2006, San Diego, CA, USA, March 15-17, 2006, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 67–83.

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 Rheumatology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Louisiana Teachers Are Using The Bible in Science Class [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/welcome-bible-belt-mam-louisiana-teachers-are-using-book-genesis-science-classes/

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. Battlefield Automation: Status of the Army Command and Control System Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986 Aug. Report No.: NSIAD-86-184FS.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Diorio CA. The silent scream of Medusa: Restoring, or re-storying, her voice [Doctoral dissertation]. [Carpinteria, CA]: Pacifica Graduate Institute; 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. Gustines GG. GRAPHIC BOOKS; Picture This: Graphic Excitement. New York Times. 2010 Nov 26;C33.

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 Rheumatology
Abbreviation	Curr. Treatm. Opt. Rheumatol.
ISSN (online)	2198-6002
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