How to format your references using the Journal of Nephrology citation style

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

Schwartz MA (2009) Cell biology. The force is with us. Science 323:588–589

A journal article with 2 authors

Song T-RA, Simons M (2003) Large trench-parallel gravity variations predict seismogenic behavior in subduction zones. Science 301:630–633

A journal article with 3 authors

Yang RT, Hernández-Maldonado AJ, Yang FH (2003) Desulfurization of transportation fuels with zeolites under ambient conditions. Science 301:79–81

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Fender R, Wu K, Johnston H, et al (2004) An ultra-relativistic outflow from a neutron star accreting gas from a companion. Nature 427:222–224

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wiens JA (2016) Ecological Challenges and Conservation Conundrums. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Hage J, Morazán MT (2011) Implementation and Application of Functional Languages: 22nd International Symposium, IFL 2010, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, September 1-3, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Valsiner J (2015) The Purpose of Purpose. In: Marsico G (ed) Jerome S. Bruner beyond 100: Cultivating Possibilities. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 79–85

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 Nephrology.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Six Awesome Facts We Learned About Pluto This Week. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/six-awesome-facts-we-learned-about-pluto-week/. Accessed 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 (1989) Air Fares and Service at Concentrated Airports. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kim S (2004) Characterization of Ribosomal S6 Protein Phosphorylation and Posssible Control of Ribosome Biogenesis in Arabidopsis Cell Culture. Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University

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

Saslow L (2005) Revolving Roles. New York Times 14LI12

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 Nephrology
Abbreviation	J. Nephrol.
ISSN (print)	1121-8428
ISSN (online)	1724-6059
Scope	Nephrology