How to format your references using the Jornal de Pediatria citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Jornal de Pediatria. 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

Haucke V. Cell biology: On the endocytosis rollercoaster. Nature. 2015 Jan 22;517(7535):446–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Steig EJ, Wolfe AP. Atmospheric science. Sprucing up Greenland. Science. 2008 Jun 20;320(5883):1595–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sugiyama T, Suzuki H, Takahashi T. Light-induced rapid Ca²⁺ response and MAPK phosphorylation in the cells heterologously expressing human OPN5. Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 19;4:5352.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

De Deyn GB, Raaijmakers CE, Zoomer HR, Berg MP, de Ruiter PC, Verhoef HA, et al. Soil invertebrate fauna enhances grassland succession and diversity. Nature. 2003 Apr 17;422(6933):711–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stahl S, Stenson C. Introduction to Topology and Geometry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Cruz-del Rosario T. Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa: Lost in Transition. Dorsey JM, editor. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016. XII, 165 p. (The Modern Muslim World).

A chapter in an edited book

Damle A, Maykel JA. Perioperative Considerations. In: Ross H, Lee S, Champagne BJ, Pigazzi A, Rivadeneira DE, editors. Robotic Approaches to Colorectal Surgery. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 45–55.

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 Jornal de Pediatria.

Blog post

Fang J. Just One Antibiotic Treatment Can Alter Your Gut Microbiome For A Year [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/just-one-antibiotic-treatment-can-alter-your-gut-microbiome-months/

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. Commercial Launch Vehicles: NASA Taking Measures to Manage Delays and Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 May. Report No.: GAO-11-692T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lucas MA. Bridging the Gap Between Schools and Families Through Teacher Home Visits [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood University; 2017.

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

Kelly C. Old Story in Politics Resonates in New Era. New York Times. 2014 Apr 27;A29B.

In-text citations

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

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	Jornal de Pediatria
Abbreviation	J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)
ISSN (print)	0021-7557
ISSN (online)	1678-4782
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health