How to format your references using the Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 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

Tyagi S. Genomics. E. coli, what a noisy bug. Science. 2010 Jul 30;329(5991):518–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Morata G, Struhl G. Developmental biology: Tethered wings. Nature. 2014 Jan 9;505(7482):162–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kremer M, Brannen C, Glennerster R. The challenge of education and learning in the developing world. Science. 2013 Apr 19;340(6130):297–300.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Feely RA, Sabine CL, Lee K, Berelson W, Kleypas J, Fabry VJ, et al. Impact of anthropogenic CO2 on the CaCO3 system in the oceans. Science. 2004 Jul 16;305(5682):362–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sheldrake P. The Spiritual City. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

Canuto C. Mathematical Analysis I. Second Edition. Tabacco A, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. XI, 492 p. (UNITEXT; vol. 84).

A chapter in an edited book

Turchetti B, Goretti M, Buzzini P, Margesin R. Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Alpine and Apennine Glaciers. In: Buzzini P, Margesin R, editors. Cold-adapted Yeasts: Biodiversity, Adaptation Strategies and Biotechnological Significance. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 99–122.

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 Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

Blog post

Andrew D. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Testing Life-Hacks With ‘Citizen Science’: Does Stainless Steel Really Get Rid Of Garlic Smells? Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/testing-lifehacks-with-citizen-science-does-stainless-steel-really-get-rid-of-garlic-smells/

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. Student Testing: Current Extent and Expenditures, With Cost Estimates for a National Examination. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Jan. Report No.: PEMD-93-8.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Brown CE. Sources for the reevaluation of George Frederick Root’s career: The autobiography & a secular cantata [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 2013.

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

Crow K. It’s Still Audrey’s College, Even If Her Name Is Gone. New York Times. 2002 Oct 6;146.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Abbreviation	Iran. J. Allergy Asthma Immunol.
ISSN (print)	1735-1502
ISSN (online)	1735-5249
Scope	Immunology and Allergy