How to format your references using the Journal of Applied Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Applied Physiology. 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	Download the output style file
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

Smith C. Running interference on the genome. Nature 428: 225, 2004.

A journal article with 2 authors

Prokopenko M, Lizier JT. Transfer entropy and transient limits of computation. Sci Rep 4: 5394, 2014.

A journal article with 3 authors

Furman JL, Murray F, Stern S. More for the research dollar. Nature 468: 757–758, 2010.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kim S-J, Naruse M, Aono M, Ohtsu M, Hara M. Decision maker based on nanoscale photo-excitation transfer. Sci Rep 3: 2370, 2013.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Anwar S, Carroll JJ. Carbon Dioxide Thermodynamic Properties Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

An edited book

Jiang Q. Stream Data Processing: A Quality of Service Perspective: Modeling, Scheduling, Load Shedding, and Complex Event Processing. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Danylenko A. Iazychie and Surzhyk: Mixing Languages and Identities in the Ukrainian Borderlands. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders, edited by Kamusella T, Nomachi M, Gibson C. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016, p. 81–100.

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 Journal of Applied Physiology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Solar Efficiency Record Smashed [Online]. IFLScience IFLScience: 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/solar-efficiency-record-smashed/ [30 Oct. 2018].

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. Highway Trust Fund: Revenue Sources, Uses, and Spending Controls. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kennedy KT. A Heuristic Study of Religious Spirituality and Meaningful Work. George Washington University: 2016.

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

Feeney K. King of Shish Kabob (With Mother-in-Law’s Help). New York Times: NJ11, 2010.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (2).
This sentence cites two references (2, 4).
This sentence cites four references (2, 4, 6, 8).

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Applied Physiology
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Physiol.
ISSN (print)	8750-7587
ISSN (online)	1522-1601
Scope	Physiology Physiology (medical)