How to format your references using the Nephron Experimental Nephrology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nephron Experimental Nephrology. 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

Benitez-Nelson C. Ocean chemistry. The missing link in oceanic phosphorus cycling? Science. 2015 May;348(6236):759–60.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sotin C, Tobie G. Planetary science. Titan’s hidden ocean. Science. 2008 Mar;319(5870):1629–30.

A journal article with 3 authors

Migliari S, Fender R, Méndez M. Iron emission lines from extended x-ray jets in SS 433: reheating of atomic nuclei. Science. 2002 Sep;297(5587):1673–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Nowack KC, Koppens FHL, Nazarov YV, Vandersypen LMK. Coherent control of a single electron spin with electric fields. Science. 2007 Nov;318(5855):1430–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kroupa VF. Phase Lock Loops and Frequency Synthesis. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

Jansen PGW, Roodt G, editors. Conceptualising and Measuring Work Identity: South-African Perspectives and Findings. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Campi L. A Note on Market Completeness with American Put Options. In: Kabanov Y, Rutkowski M, Zariphopoulou T, editors. Inspired by Finance: The Musiela Festschrift. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014; pp 73–82.

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 Nephron Experimental Nephrology.

Blog post

Andrews R. How Well Did Back To The Future Predict Our Lives In 2015? [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Oct

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. Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA’s Plans to Close and Contract Out Low-Activity Towers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Clemons BL. A correlational study of the ventures for excellence interview-rating system and first year teacher evaluations. 2010

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. High-Fives, Not High Reps. New York Times. 2014 Oct;B12.

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	Nephron Experimental Nephrology
ISSN (online)	1660-2129
Scope	Genetics Physiology General Medicine Nephrology