How to format your references using the Frontiers in Fatty Acid and Lipid Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Fatty Acid and Lipid Physiology. 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

Huntington, H. P. (2011). Arctic science: The local perspective. Nature 478, 182–183.

A journal article with 2 authors

Linkerhand, M., and Gros, C. (2013). Generating functionals for autonomous latching dynamics in attractor relict networks. Sci. Rep. 3, 2042.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chuck, A. L., Turner, S. M., and Liss, P. S. (2002). Direct evidence for a marine source of C1 and C2 alkyl nitrates. Science 297, 1151–1154.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kops, G. J. P. L., Dansen, T. B., Polderman, P. E., Saarloos, I., Wirtz, K. W. A., Coffer, P. J., et al. (2002). Forkhead transcription factor FOXO3a protects quiescent cells from oxidative stress. Nature 419, 316–321.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Goddard Blythe, S. (2012). Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Bull, R. ed. (2014). Investigative Interviewing. New York, NY: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Reyboz, M., Rozeau, O., and Poiroux, T. (2009). “Compact Modeling of Double Gate MOSFET for IC Design,” in Planar Double-Gate Transistor: From Technology to Circuit, eds. A. Amara and O. Rozeau (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands), 55–88.

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 Fatty Acid and Lipid Physiology.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2017). Ancient Giant Flightless Goose Likely Used Its Wings To Batter Opponents Instead. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-giant-flightless-goose-likely-used-its-wings-to-batter-opponents-instead/ (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 (1991). Perkins Student Loans: Need for Better Controls Over Loans Recovered From Closed Schools. 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

Guilford, T. D. (2010). Advocacy for former prisoners to eliminate invisible bars: A grant proposal. 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

Koblin, J. (2016). Fox Wants Harassment Suit by Host Sent to Arbitration. New York Times, B4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Huntington, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Huntington, 2011; Linkerhand and Gros, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Linkerhand and Gros, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Kops et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Fatty Acid and Lipid Physiology
Abbreviation	Front. Physiol.
ISSN (online)	1664-042X
Scope	Physiology Physiology (medical)