How to format your references using the Drugs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Drugs. 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. Juergens N. The biological underpinnings of Namib Desert fairy circles. Science. 2013;339:1618–21.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Restuccia DF, Hemmings BA. Cell signaling. Blocking Akt-ivity. Science. 2009;325:1083–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Mulligan CJ, Kitchen A, Miyamoto MM. Comment on “Population size does not influence mitochondrial genetic diversity in animals.” Science. 2006;314:1390.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hjouj M, Lavee J, Last D, Guez D, Daniels D, Sharabi S, et al. The effect of blood flow on magnetic resonance imaging of non thermal irreversible electroporation. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3088.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bullock J. Wireshark® for Security Professionals. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Rogin F. Debugging at the Electronic System Level. Drechsler R, editor. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Schaeffter T, Dahnke H. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. In: Semmler W, Schwaiger M, editors. Molecular Imaging I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 75–90.

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 Drugs.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Fat Cells Have Been Efficiently Converted Into Liver Cells. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013.

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. Naval Safety School Relocation: More Credible Cost Analysis Is Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Mar. Report No.: NSIAD-91-145.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Goodwell LY. Do athletic trainers have a positive impact on high school athletes’ knowledge of injury prevention and training habits? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Chira S. Women Interrupted. New York Times. 2017 Jun 15;B1.

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	Drugs
Abbreviation	Drugs
ISSN (print)	0012-6667
ISSN (online)	1179-1950
Scope	Pharmacology (medical)