How to format your references using the Medicinal Research Reviews citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Medicinal Research Reviews. 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

Brody H. Editorial: taste. Nature 2012;486(7403):S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Allman ES, Rhodes JA. Evolution. Trees, fast and accurate. Science 2010;327(5971):1334–1335.

A journal article with 3 authors

Heeney JL, Dalgleish AG, Weiss RA. Origins of HIV and the evolution of resistance to AIDS. Science 2006;313(5786):462–466.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Mishchenko MI, Geogdzhayev IV, Rossow WB, Cairns B, Carlson BE, Lacis AA, Liu L, Travis LD. Long-term satellite record reveals likely recent aerosol trend. Science 2007;315(5818):1543.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gutiérrez Í, Meléndez J, Hernández E. Design and Characterization of Integrated Varactors for RF Applications. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2007.

An edited book

Cameron D. Gender, Power and Political Speech: Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. IX, 140 p. 15 illus. in color p.

A chapter in an edited book

Leavitt SD, St. Clair LL. Bio-monitoring in Western North America: What Can Lichens Tell Us About Ecological Disturbances? In: Upreti DK, Divakar PK, Shukla V, Bajpai R, Eds. Recent Advances in Lichenology: Modern Methods and Approaches in Biomonitoring and Bioprospection, Volume 1. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015. p 119–138.

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 Medicinal Research Reviews.

Blog post

Andrew E. Watch Elon Musk’s Moving “Solid Metal Snake” Charge A Tesla Car. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/watch-elon-musks-moving-solid-metal-snake-charge-tesla-car/ (2015, accessed October 30, 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. Civil Space: NASA’s Strategic Planning Process. NSIAD-89-30BRWashington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; November 30, 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tyler EP. Tectonic geomorphology of quaternary river terraces at Santa Cruz Creek, Santa Maria Basin, Santa Barbara County, California. Doctoral DissertationCalifornia State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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

Pilon M. A Coach Inspires an Artist. New York Times, February 26, 2012, SP7.

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	Medicinal Research Reviews
Abbreviation	Med. Res. Rev.
ISSN (print)	0198-6325
ISSN (online)	1098-1128
Scope	Molecular Medicine Drug Discovery Pharmacology