How to format your references using the Nephron Physiology citation style

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

Stewart L. Gerontology: Will you still need me, will you still feed me? Nature. 2014 Oct;514(7522):S14-5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kaproth BM, Marone C. Slow earthquakes, preseismic velocity changes, and the origin of slow frictional stick-slip. Science. 2013 Sep;341(6151):1229–32.

A journal article with 3 authors

Parens E, Johnston J, Moses J. Ethics. Do we need “synthetic bioethics”? Science. 2008 Sep;321(5895):1449.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Gibbs SJ, Bown PR, Sessa JA, Bralower TJ, Wilson PA. Nannoplankton extinction and origination across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science. 2006 Dec;314(5806):1770–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Remy J-G, Letamendia C. LTE Standards. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Ackermann PW, Hart DA, editors. Metabolic Influences on Risk for Tendon Disorders. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Löding C. Unambiguous Finite Automata. In: Béal M-P, Carton O, editors. Developments in Language Theory: 17th International Conference, DLT 2013, Marne-la-Vallée, France, June 18-21, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013; pp 29–30.

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 Physiology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Ultra-Stable Perovskite Cells Signal Dawn Of A Solar Age [Internet]. IFLScience. 2017 Jun

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. Use of Computerized Information for Local and National Health Care Planning Purposes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wright JL. Shade Tolerance and Physiological Response to Light Regime of the Invasive Species Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle). 2015

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

Baker L. Bridge Plan Rattles Seattle Enclave. New York Times. 2006 Mar;1111.

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 Physiology
Abbreviation	Nephron Physiol.
ISSN (online)	1660-2137
Scope	Physiology General Medicine Nephrology Physiology (medical)