How to format your references using the Frontiers in Pediatric Endocrinology citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Adams, J. (2013). Collaborations: The fourth age of research. Nature 497, 557–560.
A journal article with 2 authors
Korup, O., and Montgomery, D. R. (2008). Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorge. Nature 455, 786–789.
A journal article with 3 authors
Lishko, P. V., Botchkina, I. L., and Kirichok, Y. (2011). Progesterone activates the principal Ca2+ channel of human sperm. Nature 471, 387–391.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
Hsu, K. F., Loo, S., Guo, F., Chen, W., Dyck, J. S., Uher, C., et al. (2004). Cubic AgPb(m)SbTe(2+m): bulk thermoelectric materials with high figure of merit. Science 303, 818–821.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Fisher, H. G., Forrest, H. S., Grossel, S. S., Huff, J. E., Muller, A. R., Noronha, J. A., et al. (1993). Emergency Relief System Design Using DIERS Technology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
An edited book
Yen, E. H., and Leonard, A. R. eds. (2015). Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Clinicians., 1st ed. 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
A chapter in an edited book
Quan, W., Gong, X., Fang, J., and Li, J. (2015). “Error Modeling, Calibration, and Compensation of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU),” in INS/CNS/GNSS Integrated Navigation Technology, eds. J. Li, X. Gong, and J. Fang (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer), 75–144.

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 Pediatric Endocrinology.

Blog post
Davis, J. (2016). New Frog Sex Position Observed In India. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-frog-sex-position-observed-in-india/ (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 (2009). Information Technology: FDA Needs to Establish Key Plans and Processes for Guiding Systems Modernization Efforts. 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
Zavarella, C. A. (2008). Computer -based instruction and remedial mathematics: A study of student retention at a Florida community college. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida.

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
Pilon, M. (2013). Trainer Denies Giving Banned Drugs to Jamaican Sprinters. New York Times, B14.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Adams, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Korup and Montgomery, 2008; Adams, 2013).

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

  • Two authors: (Korup and Montgomery, 2008)
  • Three or more authors: (Hsu et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal titleFrontiers in Pediatric Endocrinology
AbbreviationFront. Endocrinol. (Lausanne)
ISSN (online)1664-2392
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