How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Pharmacology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 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

Mattmann CA. Computing: A vision for data science. Nature 2013;493(7433):473–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Paukner C, Koziol KKK. Ultra-pure single wall carbon nanotube fibres continuously spun without promoter. Sci Rep 2014;4:3903.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kitching RP, Taylor NM, Thrusfield MV. Veterinary epidemiology: vaccination strategies for foot-and-mouth disease. Nature 2007;445(7128):E12; discussion E12-3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tulk CA, Benmore CJ, Urquidi J, Klug DD, Neuefeind J, Tomberli B, et al. Structural studies of several distinct metastable forms of amorphous ice. Science 2002;297(5585):1320–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vinod HD, Reagle DP. Preparing for the Worst: Incorporating Downside Risk in Stock Market Investments. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.

An edited book

Im S. Photo-Excited Charge Collection Spectroscopy: Probing the traps in field-effect transistors. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Mohr D, Zachmann G. Silhouette Area Based Similarity Measure for Template Matching in Constant Time. In: Perales FJ, Fisher RB, editors. Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects: 6th International Conference, AMDO 2010, Port d’Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, July 7-9, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. page 43–54.

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 Indian Journal of Pharmacology.

Blog post

Andrew D. Does Paracetamol In Pregnancy Cause Child Behavioural Problems? [Internet]. IFLScience2011 [cited 2018 Oct 30];Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-paracetamol-in-pregnancy-cause-child-behavioural-problems/

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. NASA: Status of Plans for Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Baruth LE. Joan Tower and the clarinet: An examination of her compositional style and a performer’s guide to “RAIN WAVES” (1997) and “A GIFT” (2007). 2010;

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

Qiu L. Fact Check: Rumors, Claims And Context on G.O.P. Health Bill. New York Times2017;A14.

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	Indian Journal of Pharmacology
Abbreviation	Indian J. Pharmacol.
ISSN (print)	0253-7613
ISSN (online)	1998-3751
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology