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

Koen D. Nuts and bolts. Networking for introverts. Nature. 2005 Mar 3;434(7029):120.

A journal article with 2 authors

Andrew P, Barnes WL. Energy transfer across a metal film mediated by surface plasmon polaritons. Science. 2004 Nov 5;306(5698):1002–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Biek R, Drummond AJ, Poss M. A virus reveals population structure and recent demographic history of its carnivore host. Science. 2006 Jan 27;311(5760):538–41.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Nioche P, Berka V, Vipond J, Minton N, Tsai AL, Raman CS. Femtomolar sensitivity of a NO sensor from Clostridium botulinum. Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1550–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pease G. Optimize Your Greatest Asset-Your People. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Sain S. Customer Knowledge Management: Leveraging Soft Skills to Improve Customer Focus. Wilde S, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. XVIII, 207 p. 35 illus., 2 illus. in color. (Management for Professionals).

A chapter in an edited book

Marti CN, Cole RT, Giamouzis G, Butler J. Digoxin, Diuretics, and Vasodilators in Patients with Heart Failure. In: Baliga RR, Haas GJ, editors. Management of Heart Failure: Volume 1: Medical. London: Springer; 2015. p. 47–75.

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

Andrew E. Flat Battery? New Prototype Turns Waste Heat Into Electricity [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/flat-battery-new-prototype-turns-waste-heat-electricity/

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: Leadership Remains Key to Agencies Making Progress on Enterprise Architecture Efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Nov. Report No.: GAO-04-40.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Johnson AS. Fatigue Behavior and Microstructure of Direct Laser Deposited Inconel 718 Alloy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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

Hartocollis A. Latest Economic Lifeline Is a Leafy One. New York Times. 2015 Jun 1;A14.

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

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