How to format your references using the Pediatric Rheumatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pediatric Rheumatology. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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. Mass spectrometry goes mainstream. Nature. 2003;424:581.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Temeles EJ, Kress WJ. Adaptation in a plant-hummingbird association. Science. 2003;300:630–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rey PF, Coltice N, Flament N. Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics. Nature. 2014;513:405–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Shaw PJ, Tononi G, Greenspan RJ, Robinson DF. Stress response genes protect against lethal effects of sleep deprivation in Drosophila. Nature. 2002;417:287–91.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ezra D, Collie B, Smith MX. The Retirement Plan Solution. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

1. Arevalo JF, editor. Retinal Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography. New York, NY: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Raut JS, Karuppayil SM. Bioprospecting of Plant Essential Oils for Medicinal Uses. In: Fulekar MH, Pathak B, Kale RK, editors. Environment and Sustainable Development. New Delhi: Springer India; 2014. p. 59–76.

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 Rheumatology.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Parasitic Wasps Have Genetically Modified Butterflies [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/parasitic-wasps-have-genetically-modified-butterflies/

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. Comments on S. 881 and GAO Report on Small-Business Innovation Initiatives. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1981 Jul. Report No.: 115776.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Naro A. The effects of the structural components of 4-H residential summer programs on the achievement of the essential elements of positive youth development and the acquisition of targeted life skills [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 2016.

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. Feeney K. Irish Soda Bread, Family Style. New York Times. 2011 Mar 6;NJ10.

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 Rheumatology
Abbreviation	Pediatr. Rheumatol. Online J.
ISSN (online)	1546-0096
Scope	Immunology and Allergy Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Rheumatology