How to format your references using the Journal of Physiological Anthropology citation style

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

1. Huisman J. Comment on “Patterns of diversity in marine phytoplankton.” Science. 2010;329:512; author reply 512.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Maheswaran S, Haber DA. Cell fate: Transition loses its invasive edge. Nature. 2015;527:452–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gizon L, Duvall TL, Schou J. Wave-like properties of solar supergranulation. Nature. 2003;421:43–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Rose EF, Shimizu N, Layne GD, Grove TL. Melt production beneath Mt. Shasta from boron data in primitive melt inclusions. Science. 2001;293:281–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Koepsell D. Who Owns You? Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Hirose A, Ozawa S, Doya K, Ikeda K, Lee M, Liu D, editors. Neural Information Processing: 23rd International Conference, ICONIP 2016, Kyoto, Japan, October 16–21, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Onay-Besikci A. Substrate Metabolism in the Diabetic Heart. In: Turan B, Dhalla NS, editors. Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 65–76.

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 Physiological Anthropology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. It’s Not All About Aliens – Listening Project May Unveil Other Secrets Of The Universe [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/it-s-not-all-about-aliens-listening-project-may-unveil-other-secrets-universe/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Gulf War Illnesses: Preliminary Assessment of DOD Plume Modeling for U.S. Troops’ Exposure to Chemical Agents. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Jun. Report No.: GAO-03-833T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Armstrong A. Tactic-Based Learning for collective learning systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2008.

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

1. Chira S. Men Need Help. Is Hillary Clinton the Answer? New York Times. 2016 Oct 21;SR6.

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 Physiological Anthropology
Abbreviation	J. Physiol. Anthropol.
ISSN (online)	1880-6805
Scope	Physiology Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physiology (medical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Human Factors and Ergonomics Anthropology