How to format your references using the Frontiers in Oxidant Physiology citation style

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

Perutz, R. N. (2008). Chemistry. A catalytic foothold for fluorocarbon reactions. Science 321, 1168–1169.

A journal article with 2 authors

O’Keefe, F. R., and Chiappe, L. M. (2011). Viviparity and K-selected life history in a Mesozoic marine plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Science 333, 870–873.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cross, C. P., Cyrenne, D.-L. M., and Brown, G. R. (2013). Sex differences in sensation-seeking: a meta-analysis. Sci. Rep. 3, 2486.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Pappu, R., Recht, B., Taylor, J., and Gershenfeld, N. (2002). Physical one-way functions. Science 297, 2026–2030.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Holzman, G., CVT VTS De, and Raffel, T., CVT VTS Su (2015). Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

De Cecco, C. N. (2014). MDCT and MRI of the Heart., ed. M. Rengo. Milano: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ustin, S. L., Riaño, D., Koltunov, A., Roberts, D. A., and Dennison, P. E. (2009). “Mapping Fire Risk in Mediterranean Ecosystems of California: Vegetation type, Density, Invasive Species, and Fire Frequency,” in Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems, ed. E. Chuvieco (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer), 41–53.

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 Oxidant Physiology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014). 3D Printed Body Parts Go Mainstream. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/3d-printed-body-parts-go-mainstream/ (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 (1974). Head Start Program. 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

Wilson, B. R. (2009). A correlational study: Parental involvement to student achievement in public education. St. Charles, MO: Lindenwood University.

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

Burghardt, L. F. (2007). Hempstead Board Rejects Belmont Park Flea Market. New York Times, 14LI2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Perutz, 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Perutz, 2008; O’Keefe and Chiappe, 2011).

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

Two authors: (O’Keefe and Chiappe, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Pappu et al., 2002)

About the journal

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