How to format your references using the EPMA Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EPMA Journal. 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. Gies H. Chemistry. Charge flipping and beyond. Science. 2007;315:1087–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Simon J, Greiner M. Condensed-matter physics: a duo of graphene mimics. Nature. 2012;483:282–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Cattadori IM, Haydon DT, Hudson PJ. Parasites and climate synchronize red grouse populations. Nature. 2005;433:737–41.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Erhard KF Jr, Stonaker JL, Parkinson SE, Lim JP, Hale CJ, Hollick JB. RNA polymerase IV functions in paramutation in Zea mays. Science. 2009;323:1201–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Radzevich SP. Geometry of Surfaces. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Leong SPL, Kitagawa Y, Kitajima M, editors. Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Human Solid Cancer. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Karlsson BF, Furtado AL. Conceptual Model and System for Genre-Focused Interactive Storytelling. In: Pisan Y, Sgouros NM, Marsh T, editors. Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2014: 13th International Conference, ICEC 2014, Sydney, Australia, October 1-3, 2014 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 27–35.

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 EPMA Journal.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Man Suffering From Headaches Turns Out To Have A Rare Species Of TAPEWORM Living In His Brain [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/rare-parasitic-worm-wriggled-across-mans-brain-4-years/

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. Aviation Security: Federal Air Marshal Service Has Taken Actions to Fulfill Its Core Mission and Address Workforce Issues, but Additional Actions Are Needed to Improve Workforce Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jan. Report No.: GAO-09-273.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Flores D. The EastSide Café: A liberated learning zone [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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. Shear MD, Nixon R. Ban on Travel Will Be Replaced With New Schedule of Targeted Restrictions. New York Times. 2017 Sep 22;A11.

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	EPMA Journal
Abbreviation	EPMA J.
ISSN (print)	1878-5077
ISSN (online)	1878-5085
Scope	Biochemistry, medical Health Policy Drug Discovery