How to format your references using the Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. 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]

Herschbach D. Kent R. Wilson (1937-2000). Nature 2000;405:902.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Schwartz TW, Sakmar TP. Structural biology: snapshot of a signalling complex. Nature 2011;477:540–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sasaki T, Yamamoto Y, Koashi M. Practical quantum key distribution protocol without monitoring signal disturbance. Nature 2014;509:475–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Shanahan TM, Overpeck JT, Anchukaitis KJ, Beck JW, Cole JE, Dettman DL, et al. Atlantic forcing of persistent drought in West Africa. Science 2009;324:377–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Peter M, Scheer C. Holzbau-Taschenbuch. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Wood WC, Staley CA, Skandalakis JE, editors. Anatomic Basis of Tumor Surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chang Y, Chen J. Public Housing in Shanghai: A Tool with Multiple Purposes. In: Chen J, Stephens M, Man Y, editors. The Future of Public Housing: Ongoing Trends in the East and the West, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013, p. 49–64.

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 Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Researchers Grow Rat Forelimb in the Lab. IFLScience 2015.

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: SBA Needs to Strengthen Oversight of Its Loan Management and Accounting System Modernization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Joppy DA. Principal Socialization in One Virginia School District: A Phenomenological Investigation. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2013.

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]

Wagner J. Leg Injury May End Season for Cespedes. New York Times 2017:D5.

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 Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
Abbreviation	Drug Metab. Pharmacokinet.
ISSN (print)	1347-4367
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacology

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