How to format your references using the Pediatric Drugs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pediatric Drugs. 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. Elert E. Calling cells to arms. Nature. 2013;504:S2-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sheldon BC, Mangel M. Behavioural ecology: Love thy neighbour. Nature. 2014;512:381–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Passier R, van Laake LW, Mummery CL. Stem-cell-based therapy and lessons from the heart. Nature. 2008;453:322–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Itzhaki I, Maizels L, Huber I, Zwi-Dantsis L, Caspi O, Winterstern A, et al. Modelling the long QT syndrome with induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 2011;471:225–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Doyle JF. Modern Experimental Stress Analysis. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

1. Rinkevich B, Matranga V, editors. Stem Cells in Marine Organisms. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Bruns D, Warren PA. Assessment of Psychosocial Contributions to Disability. In: Warren PA, editor. Behavioral Health Disability: Innovations in Prevention and Management. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. p. 73–104.

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 Drugs.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. Strange “Haze” Spotted On Ceres Suggests Those Bright Spots Are Actually Made Of Ice. 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. Combined Fund Update. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995 May. Report No.: HEHS-95-166R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Yackel RJ. Recruitment and retention of nurses in long -term care within the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2010.

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. Baker L. A Community Comes to a University. New York Times. 2006 May 7;RE11.

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	Pediatric Drugs
Abbreviation	Paediatr. Drugs
ISSN (print)	1174-5878
ISSN (online)	1179-2019
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Pharmacology (medical)