How to format your references using the Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (IJPR). 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

(1)

Kerr RA. PLANETARY SCIENCE: Beating Up on a Young Earth, and Possibly Life. Science (2000) 290: 1677.

A journal article with 2 authors

(1)

Hughes AL and Gottschling DE. An early age increase in vacuolar pH limits mitochondrial function and lifespan in yeast. Nature (2012) 492: 261–265.

A journal article with 3 authors

(1)

Gray RD, Drummond AJ, and Greenhill SJ. Language phylogenies reveal expansion pulses and pauses in Pacific settlement. Science (2009) 323: 479–483.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

(1)

Peckham RK, Brill R, Foster DS, Bowen AL, Leigh JA, Coffey TJ, et al. Two distinct populations of bovine IL-17⁺ T-cells can be induced and WC1⁺IL-17⁺γδ T-cells are effective killers of protozoan parasites. Sci. Rep. (2014) 4: 5431.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

(1)

Voit B, Haag R, Appelhans D, and Welzel PB. Bio- and Multifunctional Polymer Architectures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ (2016).

An edited book

(1)

Tanton R and Edwards K, editors. Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2013). (Understanding Population Trends and Processes; vol. 6).

A chapter in an edited book

(1)

Schmitt L. Bourdieu Meets Social Movement. In: Roose J and Dietz H. (eds.) Social Theory and Social Movements: Mutual Inspirations Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden (2016) 57–74.

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 Pharmaceutical Research.

Blog post

(1)

Andrew E. 3-D pathogen model structure shows why there’s no cure for the common cold. IFLScience. IFLScience (2013) [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: URL: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3-d-pathogen-model-structure-shows-why-theres-no-cure-common-cold/

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

(1)

Government Accountability Office. Improving the Acquisition of Computer Systems. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1972 Jan). Report No.: B-164031(4).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

(1)

Detweiler KR. Exploring Discursive Interaction, Habitus, and Dynamic Co-emergence Among an Agency Leader and Congressional Oversight Committee: A Case Study of Languaging in Practice [Doctoral dissertation]. Washington, DC, George Washington University (2012).

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

(1)

Wagner J. Yankees Trade McCann to the Astros. New York Times (2016) B10.

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 Pharmaceutical Research
ISSN (print)	1735-0328
ISSN (online)	1726-6890
Scope