How to format your references using the Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 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]

Ueno Y. Earth Science. Coping with low ocean sulfate. Science. 2014;346(6210):703–704.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Insel TR, Cuthbert BN. Medicine. Brain disorders? Precisely. Science. 2015;348(6234):499–500.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Lee H, Chah O-K, Sheen J. Stem-cell-triggered immunity through CLV3p-FLS2 signalling. Nature. 2011;473(7347):376–379.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Chatterjee M, Osborne J, Bestetti G, et al. Viral IL-6-induced cell proliferation and immune evasion of interferon activity. Science. 2002;298(5597):1432–1435.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lieberman NP. Troubleshooting Vacuum Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Yokomizo T, Murakami M, editors. Bioactive Lipid Mediators: Current Reviews and Protocols. 1st ed. 2015. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Maggino F. Perception and Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Florence, Italy. In: Sirgy MJ, Rahtz D, Swain D, editors. Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006. p. 75–125.

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 Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Is Hawking Any Closer To Solving The Puzzle Of Black Holes? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/hawking-any-closer-solving-puzzle-black-holes/.

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. Survey of Selected Computer-Based Information Systems at the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1974. Report No.: 088949. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ruiz-Resto JV. The Effects of Technical and Imagery-based Instruction on Aspiring Performing Artists’ Acquisition of Learning Newly Composed Pieces and Improvisation and on Listeners’ Perceived Expressivity [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 2016.

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]

Lee L. Greasing a Squeaky Wheel. New York Times. 2014 Mar 13;D3.

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	Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
Abbreviation	Expert Rev. Anti. Infect. Ther.
ISSN (print)	1478-7210
ISSN (online)	1744-8336
Scope	Microbiology Virology Infectious Diseases Microbiology (medical)