How to format your references using the Pediatric Anesthesia citation style

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

Javanainen J. Physics. Bose-Einstein condensates interfere and survive. Science. 2005 Mar 25;307(5717):1883–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jones-Smith K, Mathur H. Fractal Analysis: revisiting Pollock’s drip paintings. Nature. 2006 Nov 30;444(7119):E9-10; discussion E10-11.

A journal article with 3 authors

Arp G, Reimer A, Reitner J. Photosynthesis-induced biofilm calcification and calcium concentrations in Phanerozoic oceans. Science. 2001 Jun 1;292(5522):1701–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Najiminaini M, Kaminska B, St Lawrence K, Carson JJL. Bolus tracking with nanofilter-based multispectral videography for capturing microvasculature hemodynamics. Sci. Rep. 2014 Apr 24;4:4737.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Anjum B, Perros H. Bandwidth Allocation for Video Under Quality of Service Constraints. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015.

An edited book

Tewari V, Seckbach J, editors. STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Vinh DC, Embil JM. Prophylaxis of Endocarditis. In: Chan K-L, Embil JM, editors. Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 67–90.

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 Pediatric Anesthesia.

Blog post

Andrew E. This Cyclops Shark Was Found Three Years Ago Off The Coast Of Mexico [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cyclops-shark-was-found-three-years-ago-coast-mexico/

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. Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Mailing Credentials to Applicants’ Residences Would Not Be Consistent with DHS Policy. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Apr. Report No.: GAO-11-542R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mace JY. Rupturing the “reality” of reality TV: Contemporary video artists examining the discursive effects of the reality TV phenomenon [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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

Yablonsky L. Motorcycle Derby. New York Times. 2010 Sep 26;ST3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Pediatric Anesthesia
Abbreviation	Paediatr. Anaesth.
ISSN (print)	1155-5645
ISSN (online)	1460-9592
Scope	Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health