How to format your references using the Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology. 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]

Bosch X. Spain in quandary over French synchrotron. Nature. 2000;405(6787):604.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Teruel MN, Meyer T. Parallel single-cell monitoring of receptor-triggered membrane translocation of a calcium-sensing protein module. Science. 2002;295(5561):1910–1912.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Tobler PN, Fiorillo CD, Schultz W. Adaptive coding of reward value by dopamine neurons. Science. 2005;307(5715):1642–1645.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Bech M, Tapfer A, Velroyen A, et al. In-vivo dark-field and phase-contrast x-ray imaging. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3209.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Bitton G. Microbiology of Drinking Water. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Chenneville T, editor. A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV: Bridging the Gaps Between Research and Practice. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Popovskij V, Barkalov A, Titarenko L. Mathematical Models and Principles of Control in TCS. In: Barkalov A, Titarenko L, editors. Control and Adaptation in Telecommunication Systems: Mathematical Foundations. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 37–53.

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 Clinical Pharmacology.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Coral Reefs Generate $36 Billion In Tourism, So We Should Take Better Care Of Them [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/coral-reefs-generate-36-billion-in-tourism-so-we-should-take-better-care-of-them/.

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. Forest Service Research and Development: Improvements in Delivery of Research Results Can Help Ensure That Benefits of Research Are Realized. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010. Report No.: GAO-11-12. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Dues PM. Quantitative correlation of enterprise resource planning type, success, and technology leadership style in local government [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2010.

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]

St. John Kelly E. The Storefront Psychic: A Peek Inside. New York Times. 1995 May 14;131.

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 Clinical Pharmacology
Abbreviation	Expert Rev. Clin. Pharmacol.
ISSN (print)	1751-2433
ISSN (online)	1751-2441
Scope	General Medicine Pharmacology (medical) General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics