How to format your references using the Hormone Research in Paediatrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 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

Smith C. Drug target identification: a question of biology. Nature. 2004 Mar;428(6979):225–31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Henneman ML, Memmott J. Infiltration of a Hawaiian community by introduced biological control agents. Science. 2001 Aug;293(5533):1314–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Stassun KG, Mathieu RD, Valenti JA. Discovery of two young brown dwarfs in an eclipsing binary system. Nature. 2006 Mar;440(7082):311–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Minokoshi Y, Kim Y-B, Peroni OD, Fryer LGD, Müller C, Carling D, et al. Leptin stimulates fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase. Nature. 2002 Jan;415(6869):339–43.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cox C. An Introduction to LTE. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

Qi E, Shen J, Dou R, editors. The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management: Assistive Technology of Industrial Engineering. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Ravi-Chandar K. Fracture Mechanics. In: Sharpe WN, editor. Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2008; pp 125–58.

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 Hormone Research in Paediatrics.

Blog post

Andrew E. 13.7 Billion Years Of Galaxy Formation In 46 Seconds [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 May [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/137-billion-years-galaxy-formation-46-seconds/

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. Space Transportation: Challenges Facing NASA’s Space Launch Initiative. 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

Woods BA. The Perceived Efficacy of an Empowerment Model of Youth Development among Vermont Educational Leaders. 2006

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, Longman J. Elite Marathoner’s Failed Test Is Another Setback for Kenya. New York Times. 2014 Oct;D1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Abbreviation	Horm. Res. Paediatr.
ISSN (print)	1663-2818
ISSN (online)	1663-2826
Scope	Endocrinology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health