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

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

Sieradzki K. Materials science. Potential solutions for creating responsive materials. Science (2011) 332:1158–1159.

A journal article with 2 authors

Levine BL, June CH. Perspective: assembly line immunotherapy. Nature (2013) 498:S17.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dahal D, Liu S, Oeding J. The carbon cycle and hurricanes in the United States between 1900 and 2011. Sci Rep (2014) 4:5197.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Rost AW, Perry RS, Mercure J-F, Mackenzie AP, Grigera SA. Entropy landscape of phase formation associated with quantum criticality in Sr3Ru2O7. Science (2009) 325:1360–1363.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Svensson H. Cable-Stayed Bridges. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (2012).

An edited book

Kristbergsson K, Oliveira J eds. Traditional Foods: General and Consumer Aspects. 1st ed. 2016. Boston, MA: Springer US. (2016). XXVIII, 416 p. 97 illus., 61 illus. in color p.

A chapter in an edited book

Bonacic C, Gimpel J, Goddard P. “Animal Welfare and the Sustainable Use of the Vicuña.,” In: Gordon IJ, editor. The Vicuña: The Theory and Practice of Community Based Wildlife Management. Boston, MA: Springer US (2009). p. 49–62

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 Nutrition.

Blog post

Andrew E. Plans For A Futuristic, Atlantis-Style Underwater City Unveiled. IFLScience (2014) https://www.iflscience.com/technology/plans-futuristic-atlantis-style-underwater-city-unveiled/ [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. Electronic Government: Selection and Implementation of the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 Initiatives. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. (2002).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kamis RP. The Relationship between Expanded Concepts of Self and Well-Being. [Doctoral dissertation]. Scottsdale, AZ: Northcentral University. (2013).

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

Sisario B. Songwriters Challenge a Ruling on Licensing. New York Times (2016)B2.

In-text citations

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

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	Frontiers in Nutrition
Abbreviation	Front. Nutr.
ISSN (online)	2296-861X
Scope