How to format your references using the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics citation style

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

Byrne N. Future outlook. Nature. 2004;429(6991 Suppl):25.

A journal article with 2 authors

Parren PWHI, Burton DR. Immunology. Two-in-one designer antibodies. Science. 2009;323(5921):1567-1568.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gray RD, Drummond AJ, Greenhill SJ. Language phylogenies reveal expansion pulses and pauses in Pacific settlement. Science. 2009;323(5913):479-483.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rey Benayas JM, Newton AC, Diaz A, Bullock JM. Enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services by ecological restoration: a meta-analysis. Science. 2009;325(5944):1121-1124.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Barrett-Lennard GT. The Relationship Inventory. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

Simon EE, ed. Hyponatremia: Evaluation and Treatment. Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Teasley C. Evolving Criticality for a Transnational Public Pedagogy. In: Agnello MF, Reynolds WM, eds. Practicing Critical Pedagogy: The Influences of Joe L. Kincheloe. Springer International Publishing; 2016:39-50.

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 Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Blog post

Andrew E. Why Antioxidants Might Actually Make Your Cancer Worse. IFLScience. Published October 18, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-antioxidants-might-actually-make-your-cancer-worse/

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. DOD Business Systems Modernization: Longstanding Management and Oversight Weaknesses Continue to Put Investments at Risk. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Yaceczko SD. A Telehealth Nutrition Manual for an Online Intensive Behavioral Weight Management Program. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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

Crow K. A Rowdy Club Closes, and the Sleepless Rest Easy. New York Times. March 10, 2002:146.

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	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Abbreviation	J. Ocul. Pharmacol. Ther.
ISSN (print)	1080-7683
ISSN (online)	1557-7732
Scope	Ophthalmology Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology