How to format your references using the Parasitology Research citation style

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

Parton RG (2001) Cell biology. Life without caveolae. Science 293:2404–2405

A journal article with 2 authors

Xu W, Angell CA (2003) Solvent-free electrolytes with aqueous solution-like conductivities. Science 302:422–425

A journal article with 3 authors

Ekström G, Nettles M, Abers GA (2003) Glacial earthquakes. Science 302:622–624

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Hu X, Xu Z, Liu Z, Gao C (2013) Liquid crystal self-templating approach to ultrastrong and tough biomimic composites. Sci Rep 3:2374

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kobilinsky L, Liotti TF, Oeser-Sweat J (2004) DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Stjepandić J, Wognum N, J.C. Verhagen W (eds) (2015) Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century: Foundations, Developments and Challenges. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Trahms L (2009) Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles. In: Odenbach S (ed) Colloidal Magnetic Fluids: Basics, Development and Application of Ferrofluids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 1–32

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 Parasitology Research.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Plans For A Futuristic, Atlantis-Style Underwater City Unveiled. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/plans-futuristic-atlantis-style-underwater-city-unveiled/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2001) U.S. Infrastructure: Funding Trends and Federal Agencies’ Investment Estimates. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rose L (2012) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: An Exploration From Science to Soul. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute

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

Bosman J (2014) Judge Allows Conyers to Be on the Ballot in Michigan. New York Times A13

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Parton 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Parton 2001; Xu and Angell 2003).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Xu and Angell 2003)
Three or more authors: (Hu et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Parasitology Research
Abbreviation	Parasitol. Res.
ISSN (print)	0932-0113
ISSN (online)	1432-1955
Scope	Insect Science Parasitology General Medicine Infectious Diseases General Veterinary