How to format your references using the Kidney International Supplements citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Kidney International Supplements. 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

Humphries C. Sex differences: Luck of the chromosomes. Nature. 2014;516(7529):S10-1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Johnston M, Stormo GD. Evolution. Heirlooms in the attic. Science. 2003;302(5647):997-999.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fromm M, Nedoluha G, Charvát Z. Comment on “Large volcanic aerosol load in the stratosphere linked to Asian monsoon transport.” Science. 2013;339(6120):647.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cornelissen JJ, Donners JJ, de Gelder R, et al. beta -Helical polymers from isocyanopeptides. Science. 2001;293(5530):676-680.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sharpe NF, Carter RF. Genetic Testing. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

Ortuño F, Rojas I, eds. Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering: Third International Conference, IWBBIO 2015, Granada, Spain, April 15-17, 2015. Proceedings, Part II. Vol 9044. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Refsdal A, Solhaug B, Stølen K. Cybersecurity. In: Solhaug B, Stølen K, eds. Cyber-Risk Management. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing; 2015:29-32.

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 Kidney International Supplements.

Blog post

Andrew D. Watch As A Hippo Rescues A Drowning Zebra. IFLScience. August 27, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/extraordinary-hippo-rescues-drowning-zebra/

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. Title I Funding: Poor Children Benefit Though Funding Per Poor Child Differs. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Navolio LM. The Process of Individuation as Embodied in Symbols, Images, and Alchemical Motifs: A Psychological Study Based on Twelve Paintings by Remedios Varo. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute; 2004.

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

Hubbard B, Saad H. Thousands Evacuated From Besieged Syrian Towns. New York Times. April 14, 2017:A7.

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	Kidney International Supplements
Abbreviation	Kidney Int. Suppl. (2011)
ISSN (print)	2157-1724
ISSN (online)	2157-1716
Scope	Nephrology