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

Mollenauer LF. Physics. Nonlinear optics in fibers. Science. 2003 Nov 7;302(5647):996–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sun J, Liu T. The age of the Taklimakan Desert. Science. 2006 Jun 16;312(5780):1621.

A journal article with 3 authors

Møller PR, Nielsen JG, Fossen I. Fish migration: Patagonian toothfish found off Greenland. Nature. 2003 Feb 6;421(6923):599.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cheong I, Huang X, Bettegowda C, Diaz LA Jr, Kinzler KW, Zhou S, et al. A bacterial protein enhances the release and efficacy of liposomal cancer drugs. Science. 2006 Nov 24;314(5803):1308–11.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Aldridge P, O’Dwyer L. Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2013.

An edited book

Durán N, Guterres SS, Alves OL, editors. Nanotoxicology: Materials, Methodologies, and Assessments. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. XV, 411 p. 42 illus., 22 illus. in color. (Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology).

A chapter in an edited book

Saran A, Serviere L, Kalliny M, Minor MS. Desire for Visual Aesthetics (DVA) in the Store Environment: Concept and Measurement. In: Spotts HE, editor. Revolution in Marketing: Market Driving Changes: Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 4–4.

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

Taub B. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016. Researchers And Politicians Slam The War On Drugs As A Failure.

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. Transportation Programs: Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation and Congress. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Mar. Report No.: GAO-09-435T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kantar L. Clinical judgment among new nursing graduates: A multiple-case study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2010.

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

Hennessey S. Did Trump Violate His Oath of Office? New York Times. 2017 May 16;A25.

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