How to format your references using the Pediatrics International citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pediatrics International. 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

Silk JB. Social components of fitness in primate groups. Science. 2007 Sep 7;317(5843):1347–51.

A journal article with 2 authors

Souza AMC, Andrade RFS. Coin state properties in quantum walks. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1976.

A journal article with 3 authors

Finkelstein IJ, Visnapuu ML, Greene EC. Single-molecule imaging reveals mechanisms of protein disruption by a DNA translocase. Nature. 2010 Dec 16;468(7326):983–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Harman TC, Taylor PJ, Walsh MP, LaForge BE. Quantum dot superlattice thermoelectric materials and devices. Science. 2002 Sep 27;297(5590):2229–32.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kramer A, Legeard B. Model-Based Testing Essentials. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

Hossain E, editor. Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks: Architectures and Protocols. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2009. XXVIII, 460 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Philippe X. Les dommages-intérêts pour violation des droits de l’homme en France. In: Bagińska E, editor. Damages for Violations of Human Rights: A Comparative Study of Domestic Legal Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 69–100. (Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law).

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 Pediatrics International.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Orthorexia Nervosa: When Righteous Eating Becomes An Obsession. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/orthorexia-nervosa-when-righteous-eating-becomes-obsession/

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

Government Accountability Office. New Denver Airport: Safety, Construction, Capacity, and Financing Considerations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Sep. Report No.: RCED-91-240.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Beattie LJ. Meeting the Needs of Low Income Students [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2013.

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

Murphy MJO. Dosas, Big and Bigger. New York Times. 2013 Jun 16;LI8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Pediatrics International
Abbreviation	Pediatr. Int.
ISSN (print)	1328-8067
ISSN (online)	1442-200X
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health