How to format your references using the Pancreatology citation style

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

[1]

Ghahramani Z. Probabilistic machine learning and artificial intelligence. Nature 2015;521:452–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Paul WE, Mage RG. Elvin A. Kabat (1914-2000). Nature 2000;407:316.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Komatitsch D, Ritsema J, Tromp J. The spectral-element method, Beowulf computing, and global seismology. Science 2002;298:1737–42.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Seelig G, Soloveichik D, Zhang DY, Winfree E. Enzyme-free nucleic acid logic circuits. Science 2006;314:1585–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Quinlan J, VanderBrug J. Gender Lens Investing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Dörr O, Schmalenbach K, editors. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Lapidus ML, van Frankenhuijsen M. Generalized Fractal Strings Viewed as Measures. In: van Frankenhuijsen M, editor. Fractal Geometry, Complex Dimensions and Zeta Functions: Geometry and Spectra of Fractal Strings, New York, NY: Springer; 2013, p. 119–35.

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 Pancreatology.

Blog post

[1]

Hamilton K. It’s Never Been More Important To Keep An Eye On Space Weather. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/its-never-been-more-important-to-keep-an-eye-on-space-weather/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Examination of Disbursing Officer’s Account, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Bai H. Cognitive processes of prioritization in multitasking. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 2017.

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

[1]

Hubbard B. With Driving Ban Ending, Saudis Wonder Which Rules Will Fall Next. New York Times 2017:A4.

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	Pancreatology
Abbreviation	Pancreatology
ISSN (print)	1424-3903
Scope	Endocrinology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Hepatology

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