How to format your references using the Frontiers in Systems and Translational Endocrinology citation style

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

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

Rakic, P. (2001). Neurobiology. Neurocreationism--making new cortical maps. Science 294, 1011–1012.

A journal article with 2 authors

Barkai, N., and Leibler, S. (2000). Circadian clocks limited by noise. Nature 403, 267–268.

A journal article with 3 authors

Harper, S. M., Neil, L. C., and Gardner, K. H. (2003). Structural basis of a phototropin light switch. Science 301, 1541–1544.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hanayama, R., Tanaka, M., Miwa, K., Shinohara, A., Iwamatsu, A., and Nagata, S. (2002). Identification of a factor that links apoptotic cells to phagocytes. Nature 417, 182–187.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chu, P. P. (2011). Embedded SoPC Design with Nios II Processor and VHDL Examples. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Bliesemann de Guevara, B. ed. (2016). Myth and Narrative in International Politics: Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK.

A chapter in an edited book

Acet, M., Spasova, M., and Elsukova, A. (2012). “Diffusion Enhancement in FePt Nanoparticles for L1 $₀$ Stability,” in Nanoparticles from the Gasphase: Formation, Structure, Properties, eds. A. Lorke, M. Winterer, R. Schmechel, and C. Schulz (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer), 123–138.

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 Systems and Translational Endocrinology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014). Paralyzed Woman Moves Thought Controlled Robotic Arm With Immense Precision. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/paralyzed-woman-moves-thought-controlled-robotic-arm-immense-precision/ (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 (1995). Advance Sheets: Volume 74, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. 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

Blumenthal, P. M. (2014). Local Land Use Regulatory Regimes and Residential Development Outcomes: An Analysis of Subdivision Review in Four Counties in the DC Region. Washington, DC: George Washington 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

Herskovic, L. (2013). Blunt Doctor Cures Headaches. New York Times, A14.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Rakic, 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Barkai and Leibler, 2000; Rakic, 2001).

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

Two authors: (Barkai and Leibler, 2000)
Three or more authors: (Hanayama et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Systems and Translational Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Front. Endocrinol. (Lausanne)
ISSN (online)	1664-2392
Scope