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

Carroll SB (2001) The big picture. Nature 409:669

A journal article with 2 authors

Frank T, Friedrich RW (2015) Neurobiology: Individuality sniffed out in flies. Nature 526:200–201

A journal article with 3 authors

Bard E, Rostek F, Ménot-Combes G (2004) Paleoclimate. A better radiocarbon clock. Science 303:178–179

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Russelle MP, Morey RV, Baker JM, et al (2007) Comment on “Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity grassland biomass.” Science 316:1567; author reply 1567

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lhabitant F-S (2004) Hedge Funds. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford, UK

An edited book

Nasr EA (2007) Computer-Based Design and Manufacturing: An Information-Based Approach. Springer US, Boston, MA

A chapter in an edited book

Pendergast JM, Ward JL, de Pontet SB (2011) The Special Value of Independent Directors to the Family Business. In: Ward JL, Pontet SB de (eds) Building a Successful Family Business Board: A Guide for Leaders, Directors, and Families. Palgrave Macmillan US, New York, NY, pp 35–52

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

Andrew E (2015) Scientist At Work: Searching For Tiny Neutrinos In The South Pole’s Thick Ice. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/scientist-work-searching-tiny-neutrinos-south-pole-s-thick-ice/. 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 (1992) Space Station: NASA’s Software Development Approach Increases Safety and Cost Risks. 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

Chhun S (2010) Assessing the role of vacuolar trafficking in fifteen candidate env genes at the late endosome to vacuole interface in S. cerevisiae. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Sanger DE, Schmitt E, Hubbard B (2017) Trump Ends Covert Aid to Syrian Rebels Trying to Oust Assad. New York Times A6

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