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. Myers MG Jr. Cell biology. Moonlighting in mitochondria. Science. 2009;323:723–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Schumacher MA, Funnell BE. Structures of ParB bound to DNA reveal mechanism of partition complex formation. Nature. 2005;438:516–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Davidson EA, Trumbore SE, Amundson R. Soil warming and organic carbon content. Nature. 2000;408:789–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Shalapour S, Lin X-J, Bastian IN, Brain J, Burt AD, Aksenov AA, et al. Erratum: Inflammation-induced IgA+ cells dismantle anti-liver cancer immunity. Nature. 2017;552:430.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Passarelli D. Trading Options Greeks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Sumathi S. Solar PV and Wind Energy Conversion Systems: An Introduction to Theory, Modeling with MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the Role of Soft Computing Techniques. Ashok Kumar L, Surekha P, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kapoor S, Dhama K. Evolution of Influenza Viruses. In: Dhama K, editor. Insight into Influenza Viruses of Animals and Humans. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 31–64.

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. Hale T. The Algorithm That Could Catch Serial Killers. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. Maritime Environment: Federal and State Actions, Expenditures, and Challenges to Addressing Abandoned and Derelict Vessels. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2017 Mar. Report No.: GAO-17-202.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. DeLima LE. Implementing an Innovative Educational Program in an Era of Accountability: An Interview Study of the Expeditionary Learning Program [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2017.

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. Billard M. Shop Till You’re Thirsty. New York Times. 2010 May 27;E6.

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)