How to format your references using the Drug Discovery Today: Technologies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Drug Discovery Today: Technologies. 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

[1]

Savage N. Clotting factors: Stretching time. Nature 2014;515:S162-4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lu Q, Lemke G. Homeostatic regulation of the immune system by receptor tyrosine kinases of the Tyro 3 family. Science 2001;293:306–11.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Rogers RR, Krause DW, Curry Rogers K. Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus. Nature 2003;422:515–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Beaufort L, de Garidel-Thoron T, Mix AC, Pisias NG. ENSO-like forcing on oceanic primary production during the Late Pleistocene. Science 2001;293:2440–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lindl T, Steubing R. Atlas of Living Cell Cultures. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Imanishi N, Luntz AC, Bruce P, editors. The Lithium Air Battery: Fundamentals. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Kumar S, Barai SV. Fracture Properties of Concrete Based on the K R Curve Associated with Cohesive Stress Distribution. In: Barai SV, editor. Concrete Fracture Models and Applications, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011, p. 193–234.

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 Drug Discovery Today: Technologies.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Hug Hormone Oxytocin Boosts Bonding By Releasing Cannabis-Like Molecules. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/hug-hormone-oxytocin-boosts-bonding-releasing-cannabis-molecules/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. From School to Work. Washington, DC: 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

[1]

Galan M. Educational practices to support homeless students. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University, 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]

Vecsey G. Ryan Tries to Flatten A Persistent Opponent. New York Times 2010: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	Drug Discovery Today: Technologies
Abbreviation	Drug Discov. Today Technol.
ISSN (print)	1740-6749
Scope	Biotechnology Molecular Medicine Drug Discovery