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

Buffett BA (2010) Tidal dissipation and the strength of the Earth’s internal magnetic field. Nature 468:952–954

A journal article with 2 authors

Fengos G, Iber D (2013) Prediction stability in a data-based, mechanistic model of σF regulation during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Sci Rep 3:2755

A journal article with 3 authors

Osta MA, Christophides GK, Kafatos FC (2004) Effects of mosquito genes on Plasmodium development. Science 303:2030–2032

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Passera L, Aron S, Vargo EL, Keller L (2001) Queen control of sex ratio in fire ants. Science 293:1308–1310

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chow S-C, Liu J-P (2005) Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials: Concepts and Methodologies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Bonnick SL (2013) Bone Densitometry for Technologists, 3rd ed. 2013. Springer, New York, NY

A chapter in an edited book

Piroi F, Winterhof A (2006) Quantum Period Reconstruction of Binary Sequences. In: Fossorier MPC, Imai H, Lin S, Poli A (eds) Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes: 16th International Symposium, AAECC-16, Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 20-24, 2006. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 60–67

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 D (2017) What Are Blood Groups and Why Do They Matter? In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-are-blood-groups-and-why-do-they-matter/. 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 (2006) Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations: Actions Needed to Clarify Responsibilities and Increase Preparedness for Evacuations. 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

Dusenberry W (2017) Integrating depth psychology in adolescent court-mandated treatment facilities: Increasing treatment efficacy and client engagement. 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

Nir SM (2017) Police Seek Photos of Central Park Related to 2016 Blast That Destroyed a Tourist’s Leg. New York Times A17

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Buffett 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Buffett 2010; Fengos and Iber 2013).

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

Two authors: (Fengos and Iber 2013)
Three or more authors: (Passera et al. 2001)

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