How to format your references using the Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry citation style

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

Ko H (2014) Neuroscience. Functional organization of synaptic connections in the neocortex. Science 346:555

A journal article with 2 authors

van den Heuvel MGL, Dekker C (2007) Motor proteins at work for nanotechnology. Science 317:333–336

A journal article with 3 authors

Bueno JT, Shchukina N, Ramos AA (2004) A substantial amount of hidden magnetic energy in the quiet Sun. Nature 430:326–329

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Ortega-Esteban A, Pérez-Berná AJ, Menéndez-Conejero R, et al (2013) Monitoring dynamics of human adenovirus disassembly induced by mechanical fatigue. Sci Rep 3:1434

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cherniakov M (2003) An Introduction to Parametric Digital Filters and Oscillators. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Dewar RC, Lineweaver CH, Niven RK, Regenauer-Lieb K (2014) Beyond the Second Law: Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Irani D, Balduzzi M, Balzarotti D, et al (2011) Reverse Social Engineering Attacks in Online Social Networks. In: Holz T, Bos H (eds) Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment: 8th International Conference; DIMVA 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 7-8, 2011. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 55–74

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 Physiology and Biochemistry.

Blog post

Hale T (2016) No, Friday’s “Black Moon” Doesn’t Mean The End Of The World. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/no-fridays-black-moon-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-the-world/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (1977) Federal Agencies’ Contracting for Research and Development in the Private, Profitmaking Sector. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Monosky KA (2010) Perceived effectiveness and utility of various EMS credentials. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Schwartz J (2016) Exxon’s Unlikely Enemy. New York Times D1

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 Physiology and Biochemistry
Abbreviation	J. Physiol. Biochem.
ISSN (print)	1138-7548
ISSN (online)	1877-8755
Scope	Biochemistry Physiology General Medicine