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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of 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	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. Konner M. Bad words. Nature. 2001;411:743.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Norell MA, Clarke JA. Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution. Nature. 2001;409:181–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Madhu R, Veeramani V, Chen S-M. Heteroatom-enriched and renewable banana-stem-derived porous carbon for the electrochemical determination of nitrite in various water samples. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4679.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Fadó R, Moubarak RS, Miñano-Molina AJ, Barneda-Zahonero B, Valero J, Saura CA, et al. X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein negatively regulates neuronal differentiation through interaction with cRAF and Trk. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2397.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Keene A. Keene on the Market. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Geertman S, Stillwell J, editors. Planning Support Systems Best Practice and New Methods. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Beaumont LC, Bolton LE, McKay A, Hughes HPN. Rethinking Service Design: A Socio-Technical Approach to the Development of Business Models. In: Schaefer D, editor. Product Development in the Socio-sphere: Game Changing Paradigms for 21st Century Breakthrough Product Development and Innovation. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 121–41.

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 European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Men More Reluctant To Go To The Doctor – And It’s Putting Them At Risk. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. National Mediation Board Mandates in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Jun. Report No.: GAO-12-835R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Smith BL. A Qualitative Study of Veteran Students’ Perspectives of Their Academic Experiences [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 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. Longman J. For the World’s Best Players, Italy Isn’t the Lure It Once Was. New York Times. 2009 Jun 12;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	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Drug Metab. Pharmacokinet.
ISSN (print)	0378-7966
ISSN (online)	2107-0180
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology