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)

Wickelgren I. HYPERTENSION: Mutation Points to Salt Recycling Pathway. Science (2000) 289: 23b–6b.

A journal article with 2 authors

(1)

Fisher SJ and Giudice LC. Retrospective. Robert G. Edwards (1925-2013). Science (2013) 340: 825.

A journal article with 3 authors

(1)

Fitch JP, Raber E, and Imbro DR. Technology challenges in responding to biological or chemical attacks in the civilian sector. Science (2003) 302: 1350–1354.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

(1)

Rudebeck PH, Buckley MJ, Walton ME, and Rushworth MFS. A role for the macaque anterior cingulate gyrus in social valuation. Science (2006) 313: 1310–1312.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

(1)

Bock R. Handbuch der analytisch-chemischen Aufschlussmethoden. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG (2005).

An edited book

(1)

Leal Filho W, editor. Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities: Working Across Disciplines. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2015). (World Sustainability Series).

A chapter in an edited book

(1)

Behera SK, Chae S-H, Yeo H-K, and Park H-S. Enhancement of Eco-production Capacity in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), Bangladesh, Employing Korean EIP Transition Strategy. In: Dev SM and Yedla S. (eds.) Cities and Sustainability: Issues and Strategic Pathways Springer India, New Delhi (2015) 63–80. (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics).

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)

Luntz S. Humpback Whale Birth Observed. IFLScience. IFLScience (2014) [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: URL: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/humpback-whale-birth-observed/

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. Bureau of Indian Education Schools: Improving Interior’s Assistance Would Help Some Tribal Groups Implement Academic Accountability Systems. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2008 Jun). Report No.: GAO-08-679.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

(1)

Nguyen JR. Staging Vietnamese America: Music and the performance of Vietnamese American identities [Doctoral dissertation]. Bloomington, IN, Indiana 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)

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Hearing On Media Curbs. New York Times (2003) A6.

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