How to format your references using the EXPLORE citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EXPLORE. 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

Parada LV. Public health: Life lessons. Nature. 2011;480(7376):S11-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wood SF, Mador JK. Science and regulation. Uncapping conflict of interest? Science. 2013;340(6137):1172-1173.

A journal article with 3 authors

Esper J, Cook ER, Schweingruber FH. Low-frequency signals in long tree-ring chronologies for reconstructing past temperature variability. Science. 2002;295(5563):2250-2253.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chen L, Hou J, Ye L, et al. MicroRNA-143 regulates adipogenesis by modulating the MAP2K5-ERK5 signaling. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3819.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jaffe J. Flip the Funnel. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Rao CR. Linear Models and Generalizations: Least Squares and Alternatives. Third Extended Edition. (Shalabh, Toutenburg H, Heumann C, eds.). Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Lombardini L. ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS IN DRY ENVIRONMENTS. In: D’Odorico P, Porporato A, eds. Dryland Ecohydrology. Springer Netherlands; 2006:47-65.

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 EXPLORE.

Blog post

Andrew D. IVF Has Little Effect On Health Of The Child. IFLScience. March 30, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/ivf-has-little-effect-on-health-of-the-child/

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

Government Accountability Office. FAA Computer Security: Recommendations to Address Continuing Weaknesses. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Keels D. An Analysis of the Correlation between Teacher Effectiveness and Student Standardized Test Scores. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 2014.

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

Neuman W. Mayor’s Ouster Is Approved in Colombia. New York Times. March 21, 2014:A9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	EXPLORE
Abbreviation	Explore (NY)
ISSN (print)	1550-8307
Scope	Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine General Nursing Chiropractics