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

Mooers AO. Biodiversity: Supply and demand. Nature. 2014;509(7499):171-172.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zimbelman JR, Scheidt SP. Hesperian age for western Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars. Science. 2012;336(6089):1683.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ledderose J, Dieter S, Schwarz MK. Maturation of postnatally generated olfactory bulb granule cells depends on functional γ-protocadherin expression. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1514.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Russell CT, Zhang TL, Delva M, Magnes W, Strangeway RJ, Wei HY. Lightning on Venus inferred from whistler-mode waves in the ionosphere. Nature. 2007;450(7170):661-662.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ryan F. Cognitive Therapy for Addiction. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.; 2013.

An edited book

Lund A, Shiotani M, eds. EPR of Free Radicals in Solids I: Trends in Methods and Applications. Vol 24. 2nd ed. 2013. Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Stober I, Bucher K. Applications of Geothermal Energy. In: Bucher K, ed. Geothermal Energy: From Theoretical Models to Exploration and Development. Springer; 2013:35-60.

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

Fang J. Siberian Jays Know Who Their Family Are, Even If They’re Only Distantly Related. IFLScience. October 28, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/siberian-jays-can-tell-if-other-birds-are-only-distantly-related/

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. Next Generation Air Transportation System: Preliminary Analysis of the Joint Planning and Development Office’s Planning, Progress, and Challenges. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Moua P. Differential Functions of the Kinesin-1 Tail in Drosophila Melanogaster Transport Processes. Doctoral dissertation. Indiana University; 2009.

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

Sokolove M. Following the Money. New York Times. September 6, 2017:AR22.

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