How to format your references using the Journal of Pharmacological Sciences citation style

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

Bankaitis VA. Cell biology. Slick recruitment to the Golgi. Science. 2002;295(5553):290-291.

A journal article with 2 authors

Makiura R, Konovalov O. Interfacial growth of large-area single-layer metal-organic framework nanosheets. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2506.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kumarevel T, Mizuno H, Kumar PKR. Structural basis of HutP-mediated anti-termination and roles of the Mg2+ ion and L-histidine ligand. Nature. 2005;434(7030):183-191.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Anand K, Ziebuhr J, Wadhwani P, Mesters JR, Hilgenfeld R. Coronavirus main proteinase (3CLpro) structure: basis for design of anti-SARS drugs. Science. 2003;300(5626):1763-1767.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Paret D, Huon JP. Secure Connected Objects. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

Xue J, Zhao Z, Dai Y, Wang B, eds. Green Low-Carbon Development in China. Springer International Publishing; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Nuallaong W. Burnout Symptoms and Cycles of Burnout: The Comparison with Psychiatric Disorders and Aspects of Approaches. In: Bährer-Kohler S, ed. Burnout for Experts: Prevention in the Context of Living and Working. Springer US; 2013:47-72.

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 Pharmacological Sciences.

Blog post

Andrew E. Photographer and Leopard Seal Come Face-to-Face. IFLScience. April 15, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/photographer-and-leopard-seal-come-face-face/

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. Computer Systems: Types and Sources of Department of State Lookout Records. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lowry LA. Creative Aging in Senior Centers: A Grounded Theory Study. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington 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

Feeney K. No Frills, Just Sweet Treats. New York Times. February 6, 2011:NJ9.

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 Pharmacological Sciences
ISSN (print)	1347-8613
Scope