How to format your references using the Particle and Fibre Toxicology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 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. Gershon D. Crossing the divide between theory and practice. Nature. 2000;404:316.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Matzke M, Matzke AJM. RNAi extends its reach. Science. 2003;301:1060–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Wang Z, Szolnoki A, Perc M. Interdependent network reciprocity in evolutionary games. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1183.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Longkumer T, Kamireddy S, Muthyala VR, Akbarpasha S, Pitchika GK, Kodetham G, et al. Acinetobacter phage genome is similar to Sphinx 2.36, the circular DNA copurified with TSE infected particles. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2240.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Rittereiser CM, Kochard LE. Top Hedge Fund Investors. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Kienast F, Wildi O, Ghosh S, editors. A Changing World: Challenges for Landscape Research. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Dees RH. The Morality of Leverage and the Leverage of Morality. In: Anderson DM, editor. Leveraging: A Political, Economic and Societal Framework. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 83–93.

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 Particle and Fibre Toxicology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. The Rise and Demise of a Super-Armoured ‘Monster Worm’ From Ancient China. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Small Business Administration: Enhancements Needed for Loan Monitoring System Benchmark Study. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 May. Report No.: AIMD-99-165.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Sevier J. A preventative and treatment substance use program for GLBT adolescents in Long Beach: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. St. John Kelly E. Groups Trace Soldiers’ Footsteps. New York Times. 1994 Apr 17;514.

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	Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Abbreviation	Part. Fibre Toxicol.
ISSN (online)	1743-8977
Scope	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis General Medicine Toxicology

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