How to format your references using the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 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]

G. Kempermann, Neuroscience. Youth culture in the adult brain, Science 335 (2012) 1175–1176.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

A.C.M. Correia, J. Laskar, Mercury’s capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance as a result of its chaotic dynamics, Nature 429 (2004) 848–850.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

F. Bode, F. Sachs, M.R. Franz, Tarantula peptide inhibits atrial fibrillation, Nature 409 (2001) 35–36.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

F. Paulot, J.D. Crounse, H.G. Kjaergaard, A. Kürten, J.M. St Clair, J.H. Seinfeld, P.O. Wennberg, Unexpected epoxide formation in the gas-phase photooxidation of isoprene, Science 325 (2009) 730–733.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S.D. Sarker, L. Nahar, Chemistry for Pharmacy Students, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,., West Sussex, England, 2007.

An edited book

[1]

J.N. Pelton, F. Allahdadi, eds., Handbook of Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defense, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

L.G. Nardo, S. Chouliaras, Definitions and Epidemiology of Unexplained Female Infertility, in: G.L. Schattman, S.C. Esteves, A. Agarwal (Eds.), Unexplained Infertility: Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Treatment, Springer, New York, NY, 2015: pp. 21–25.

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 Medicinal Chemistry.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, South African rhino poaching hits all-time high in 2013, IFLScience (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/south-african-rhino-poaching-hits-all-time-high-2013/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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, Electronic Government: Federal Initiatives Are Evolving Rapidly But They Face Significant Challenges, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

S.T. Mihalas, Positive protective factors as moderators in the relationship between relational victimization and depression in minority adolescents, Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, 2008.

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]

M. Fernandez, R. Pérez-Peña, F. Santos, Gunman in Texas Was F.B.I. Suspect in Jihad Inquiry, New York Times (2015) A1.

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 Medicinal Chemistry
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Med. Chem.
ISSN (print)	0223-5234
Scope	Organic Chemistry General Medicine Drug Discovery Pharmacology