How to format your references using the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 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

[1]

Dolgin E. Textiles: Fabrics of life. Nature 2015;519:S10-1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mishima O, Suzuki Y. Propagation of the polyamorphic transition of ice and the liquid-liquid critical point. Nature 2002;419:599–603.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Young IR, Zieger S, Babanin AV. Global trends in wind speed and wave height. Science 2011;332:451–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Pillow JW, Shlens J, Paninski L, Sher A, Litke AM, Chichilnisky EJ, et al. Spatio-temporal correlations and visual signalling in a complete neuronal population. Nature 2008;454:995–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Edwards DW. Risk Management in Trading. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Bairoch A, Cohen-Boulakia S, Froidevaux C, editors. Data Integration in the Life Sciences: 5th International Workshop, DILS 2008, Evry, France, June 25-27, 2008. Proceedings. vol. 5109. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Scott SM, Lunniss PJ. Risk Factors in Faecal Incontinence. In: Ratto C, Doglietto GB, Lowry AC, Påhlman L, Romano G, editors. Fecal Incontinence: Diagnosis and Treatment, Milano: Springer; 2007, p. 43–66.

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 Cystic Fibrosis.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Ounce For Ounce, Birds Have More Neurons In Their Brains Than Mammals. IFLScience 2016.

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. Information Technology Cost Estimation: Agencies Need to Address Significant Weaknesses in Policies and Practices. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Mehlinger S. Fault Lines. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Poniewozik J. Heart of the Matter. New York Times 2017:C7.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Abbreviation	J. Cyst. Fibros.
ISSN (print)	1569-1993
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine