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. Scully T. Obesity. Nature. 2014;508:S49.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Nandy D, Choudhuri AR. Explaining the latitudinal distribution of sunspots with deep meridional flow. Science. 2002;296:1671–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gouldstone A, Van Vliet KJ, Suresh S. Nanoindentation. Simulation of defect nucleation in a crystal. Nature. 2001;411:656.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Lovering AL, de Castro LH, Lim D, Strynadka NCJ. Structural insight into the transglycosylation step of bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis. Science. 2007;315:1402–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Gunn DM. Judges. Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell Publishing; 2016.

An edited book

1. Pedrycz W, Chen S-M, editors. Time Series Analysis, Modeling and Applications: A Computational Intelligence Perspective. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. LeBlanc M-A, Pickett J. Advocating for Rectal Microbicides and Safe Lubricants. In: Eaton LA, Kalichman SC, editors. Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 53–65.

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. Davis J. Unusually Large Numbers Of Fur Seals Stranding On Californian Coast [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/unusually-large-numbers-fur-seals-stranding-californian-coast/

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. Information Technology: Management Improvements Needed on the Department of Homeland Security’s Next Generation Information Sharing System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Oct. Report No.: GAO-09-40.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bai S. Identification and Characterization of Senescence-Associated Proteins in Petunia Corollas [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2008.

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. McKINLEY JC Jr. Plea Deal For Woman In Spitzer Case. New York Times. 2017 Oct 2;A25.

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