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. Blow N. Stem cells: in search of common ground. Nature. 2008;451:855–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Seeber L, Armbruster JG. Earthquakes as beacons of stress change. Nature. 2000;407:69–72.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. French S, Lekic V, Romanowicz B. Waveform tomography reveals channeled flow at the base of the oceanic asthenosphere. Science. 2013;342:227–30.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Duret L, Chureau C, Samain S, Weissenbach J, Avner P. The Xist RNA gene evolved in eutherians by pseudogenization of a protein-coding gene. Science. 2006;312:1653–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Curtis PM. Maintaining Mission Critical Systems in a 24/7 Environment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Kagan V. Sentiment Analysis for PTSD Signals. Rossini E, Sapounas D, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Isaac R, Annie IK, Prashanth HR. Parenting in India. In: Selin H, editor. Parenting Across Cultures: Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 39–45.

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. Hamilton K. The 5p Carrier Bag Charge Has Paved The Way For Other Waste Reduction Policies [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-5p-carrier-bag-charge-has-paved-the-way-for-other-waste-reduction-policies/

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. Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Survey of Illegal Aliens and Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunication System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979 Mar. Report No.: 108959.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Zolfaghari SS. The relationship between folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 intakes and depression in women who use hormonal oral contraceptives [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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. Koblin J. ‘Walking Dead’ Producers Sue Its Network. New York Times. 2017 Aug 15;B5.

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