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. Woolston C. Breast cancer: 4 big questions. Nature. 2015;527:S120.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Touma JR, Sridhar S. The disruption of multiplanet systems through resonance with a binary orbit. Nature. 2015;524:439–41.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Akbarzadeh A, Qiu C-W, Danner AJ. Exploiting design freedom in biaxial dielectrics to enable spatially overlapping optical instruments. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2055.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ahn HS, Kim JM, Park C, Jang J-W, Lee JS, Kim H, et al. A novel role of three dimensional graphene foam to prevent heater failure during boiling. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1960.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Yang J. Six-Membered Transition States in Organic Synthesis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Cano EL. Quality Control with R: An ISO Standards Approach. Martinez Moguerza J, Prieto M, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Wilson KB, Gedeon DR. Status of Pulse Tube Cryocooler Development at Sunpower. In: Ross RG, editor. Cryocoolers 13. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006. p. 31–40.

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. The Most Distant Galaxy Has Been Discovered [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/most-distant-galaxy-has-been-discovered/

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. GPS: Actions Needed to Address Ground System Development Problems and User Equipment Production Readiness. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 Sep. Report No.: GAO-15-657.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Cao L. A Field-Scale Simulation of the Reversible Nanoparticle Adsorption for Enhancing Oil Recovery Using Hydrophilic Nanofluids [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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. Feeney K. For Those Without Key Cards, Too. New York Times. 2012 Feb 26;NJ9.

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