How to format your references using the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health citation style

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

Seeberger PH. Exploring life’s sweet spot. Nature. 2005 Oct 27;437(7063):1239.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kennel C, Dressler A. Space science. Coping with uncertainty in space science planning. Science. 2014 Jan 10;343(6167):140–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Durniak KJ, Bailey S, Steitz TA. The structure of a transcribing T7 RNA polymerase in transition from initiation to elongation. Science. 2008 Oct 24;322(5901):553–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Han Z, Yin W, Zhang J, Niu S, Ren L. Active anti-erosion protection strategy in tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla). Sci Rep. 2013 Dec 5;3:3429.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

McLean D. Understanding Aerodynamics. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

Tempesti G, Tyrrell AM, Miller JF, editors. Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware: 9th International Conference, ICES 2010, York, UK, September 6-8, 2010. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. XII, 394 p. 228 illus. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6274).

A chapter in an edited book

Nicholson BD. Anticonvulsant Medications for Treatment of Neuropathic and “Functional” Pain. In: Deer TR, Leong MS, Gordin V, editors. Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches: the AMERICAN ACADEMY of PAIN MEDICINE Textbook on Patient Management. New York, NY: Springer; 2015. p. 51–7.

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 Paediatrics and Child Health.

Blog post

Fang J. How This Bornean Frog Got Its Sexy Foot Wave [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-male-bornean-frog-got-its-sexy-foot-wave/

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. Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Jun. Report No.: GAO-09-566.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wiedeman LD. Acceptance promoting and hindering interactions in integrative behavioral couple therapy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Tabuchi H. Kochs’ Strategy to Court Allies: Gospel and Gas. New York Times. 2017 Jan 5;A1.

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 Paediatrics and Child Health
Abbreviation	J. Paediatr. Child Health
ISSN (print)	1034-4810
ISSN (online)	1440-1754
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health