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)

Hartzell HC. Cell biology. The stress of relaxation. Science (2007) 317: 1331–1332.

A journal article with 2 authors

(1)

Harris KD and Mrsic-Flogel TD. Cortical connectivity and sensory coding. Nature (2013) 503: 51–58.

A journal article with 3 authors

(1)

Schibler J, Elsner J, and Schlumbaum A. Incorporation of aurochs into a cattle herd in Neolithic Europe: single event or breeding? Sci. Rep. (2014) 4: 5798.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

(1)

Dezawa M, Ishikawa H, Itokazu Y, Yoshihara T, Hoshino M, Takeda S-I, et al. Bone marrow stromal cells generate muscle cells and repair muscle degeneration. Science (2005) 309: 314–317.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

(1)

Lakshminarayana B. Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer of Turbomachinery. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2007).

An edited book

(1)

Meslé F. Mortality and Causes of Death in 20th-Century Ukraine. Vallin J. (ed.) Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2012). (Demographic Research Monographs, A series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research).

A chapter in an edited book

(1)

Mayya V and Dustin ML. Actin Cytoskeleton and the Dynamics of Immunological Synapse. In: Carlier M-F. (ed.) Actin-Based Motility: Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2010) 103–124.

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. Angelina Jolie’s Surgery Got You Worried? Here’s What You Should Know About Ovarian Cancer Risk. IFLScience. IFLScience (2015) [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: URL: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/angelina-jolie-s-surgery-got-you-worried-here-s-what-you-should-know-about/

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. Motor Carrier Safety: New Applicant Reviews Should Expand to Identify Freight Carriers Evading Detection. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2012 Mar). Report No.: GAO-12-364.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

(1)

Tabares M. Comprehensive skills program for emancipated foster youth: A grant thesis project [Doctoral dissertation]. Long Beach, CA, California State University, Long Beach (2015).

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)

Saslow L. Rebate Checks to Lose Their Punch This Year. New York Times (2008) LI6.

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