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]

Nauenberg M. Comment on “How cats lap: water uptake by Felis catus.” Science 2011;334:311; author reply 311.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mel’nikov AS, Vinokur VM. Mesoscopic superconductor as a ballistic quantum switch. Nature 2002;415:60–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Luo J, Shen L, Zheng D. Diagnostic value of circulating free DNA for the detection of EGFR mutation status in NSCLC: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2014;4:6269.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Barnett BP, Hwang Y, Taylor MS, Kirchner H, Pfluger PT, Bernard V, et al. Glucose and weight control in mice with a designed ghrelin O-acyltransferase inhibitor. Science 2010;330:1689–92.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Hernandez EM, Kamal-Eldin A. Processing and Nutrition of Fats and Oils. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Balula A. Evaluation of Online Higher Education: Learning, Interaction and Technology. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Zeng X, Chauhan C, Hou SX. Stem Cells in the Drosophila Digestive System. In: Hime G, Abud H, editors. Transcriptional and Translational Regulation of Stem Cells, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013, p. 63–78.

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]

O`Callaghan J. China Launches New Heavy-Lift Rocket As It Sets Its Sights On Moon And Mars. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/china-launches-new-long-march-5-heavy-lift-rocket/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Aviation Safety: Status of Recommendations to Improve FAA’s Certification and Approval Processes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Parhad A. Energy scavenging using piezoelectric sensors to power in pavement intelligent vehicle detection systems. Doctoral dissertation. 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]

LaFRANIERE S, Palmer E. In 130 of Worst Shootings, Vision of Porous Gun Laws. New York Times 2016:A1.

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