How to format your references using the Drug Safety - Case Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Drug Safety - Case Reports. 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. Baxter S. From Caribbean to Clementine. Nature. 2000;403:485.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Olsen SR, Wilson RI. Lateral presynaptic inhibition mediates gain control in an olfactory circuit. Nature. 2008;452:956–60.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Yoo AS, Bais C, Greenwald I. Crosstalk between the EGFR and LIN-12/Notch pathways in C. elegans vulval development. Science. 2004;303:663–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Reed GW, Peters JC. Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here? Science. 2003;299:853–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Selyanin MA, Boykov PY, Khabarov VN, Polyak F. Hyaluronic Acid. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Kyrala GA, editor. High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kleemans T, Segers E, Verhoeven L. Towards a Theoretical Framework on Individual Differences in Numerical Abilities: Role of Home Numeracy Experiences. In: Blevins-Knabe B, Austin AMB, editors. Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 71–86.

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 Safety - Case Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Comet 67P Smells Like Cat Pee, Almonds, And Rotten Eggs [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/comet-67p-smells-like-cat-pee-almonds-and-rotten-eggs/

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. Data Transparency: Oversight Needed to Address Underreporting and Inconsistencies on Federal Award Website. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Jun. Report No.: GAO-14-476.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Umstead HG. Determining the Value of Outdoor Adventure Education for Educational Leaders [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2017.

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. Villarosa L. America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic. New York Times. 2017 Jun 6;MM38.

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 Safety - Case Reports
Abbreviation	Drug Saf. Case Rep.
ISSN (print)	2199-1162
ISSN (online)	2198-977X
Scope	Pharmacology (medical)