How to format your references using the Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology citation style

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

Clark, P. U. (2012). Climate change. Ice sheets in transition. Science 337, 656–658.

A journal article with 2 authors

Keller, C. B., and Schoene, B. (2012). Statistical geochemistry reveals disruption in secular lithospheric evolution about 2.5 Gyr ago. Nature 485, 490–493.

A journal article with 3 authors

McCormick, M. I., Watson, S.-A., and Munday, P. L. (2013). Ocean acidification reverses competition for space as habitats degrade. Sci. Rep. 3, 3280.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yao, G., Luo, Z., Pan, F., Xu, W., Feng, Y. P., and Wang, X.-S. (2013). Evolution of topological surface states in antimony ultra-thin films. Sci. Rep. 3, 2010.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Baker, H. K., and Martin, G. S. (2011). Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Quirk, T. J. (2015). Excel 2013 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems., eds. M. Quirk and H. F. Horton. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Lonborg, S. D., and Travis, C. B. (2007). “Living Longer, Healthier Lives,” in Women Over 50: Psychological Perspectives, eds. V. Muhlbauer and J. C. Chrisler (Boston, MA: Springer US), 53–78.

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 Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2013). India Successfully Launches First Mission To Mars. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/india-successfully-launches-first-mission-mars/ (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

Government Accountability Office (2011). Reimbursable Space Act Agreements: NASA Generally Adhering to Fair Reimbursement Controls, but Guidance on Waived Cost Justifications Needs Refinement. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Libman, M. (2012). A policy analysis of the Penal Code Section 186.20-186.33: California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Billard, M. (2010). High Talent At Low Prices. New York Times, E4.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Clark, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Clark, 2012; Keller and Schoene, 2012).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Keller and Schoene, 2012)
Three or more authors: (Yao et al., 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology
Abbreviation	Front. Pharmacol.
ISSN (online)	1663-9812
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology