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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Thyroid Endocrinology. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

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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.
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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
Corsi, P. (2009). Evolution pioneers: Lamarck’s reputation saved by his zoology. Nature 461, 167.
A journal article with 2 authors
Excoffier, L., and Hamilton, G. (2003). Comment on “Genetic structure of human populations.” Science 300, 1877; author reply 1877.
A journal article with 3 authors
Bridgham, J. T., Carroll, S. M., and Thornton, J. W. (2006). Evolution of hormone-receptor complexity by molecular exploitation. Science 312, 97–101.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
Manzano, M., Sahneh, F., Scoglio, C., Calle, E., and Marzo, J. L. (2014). Robustness surfaces of complex networks. Sci. Rep. 4, 6133.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Weinberg, M. A., and Froum, S. J. (2012). The Dentist’s Drug and Prescription Guide. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,.
An edited book
Rao, N. K. S., Shivashankara, K. S., and Laxman, R. H. eds. (2016). Abiotic Stress Physiology of Horticultural Crops. New Delhi: Springer India.
A chapter in an edited book
Greiner, A., and Fincke, B. (2015). “Government Debt and Human Capital Formation,” in Public Debt, Sustainability and Economic Growth: Theory and Empirics, ed. B. Fincke (Cham: Springer International Publishing), 205–232.

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 Thyroid Endocrinology.

Blog post
Luntz, S. (2016). Three Steps Forward For Solar Cell Research. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/three-steps-forward-for-solar-cell-research/ (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 (2012). Flexible Funding Continues to Play a Role in Supporting State and Local Transportation Priorities. 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
Brawley, K. (2010). A nutrition and physical activity curriculum for pregnant women. 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
Poniewozik, J. (2017). Rich, and a Jerk, but Then, Wait for It . . . New York Times, C7.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Corsi, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Excoffier and Hamilton, 2003; Corsi, 2009).

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

  • Two authors: (Excoffier and Hamilton, 2003)
  • Three or more authors: (Manzano et al., 2014)

About the journal

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