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

Lenski RE. Twice as natural. Nature. 2001 Nov 15;414(6861):255.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kambe T, Oshima K. Dynamically fluctuating electric dipole moments in fullerene-based magnets. Sci Rep. 2014 Sep 19;4:6419.

A journal article with 3 authors

Betrouche M, Maamache M, Choi JR. Novel characteristics of energy spectrum for 3D Dirac oscillator analyzed via Lorentz covariant deformed algebra. Sci Rep. 2013 Nov 14;3:3221.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Dorigo B, Schalch T, Kulangara A, Duda S, Schroeder RR, Richmond TJ. Nucleosome arrays reveal the two-start organization of the chromatin fiber. Science. 2004 Nov 26;306(5701):1571–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pavé A. Modeling Living Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Powell S, Shim JP, editors. Wireless Technology: Applications, Management, and Security. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2009. XVI, 260 p. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; vol. 44).

A chapter in an edited book

Bridger JM, Mehta IS. Nuclear Molecular Motors for Active, Directed Chromatin Movement in Interphase Nuclei. In: Adams NM, Freemont PS, editors. Advances in Nuclear Architecture. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. p. 149–72.

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

Fang J. Dragonflies Can Predict Their Prey’s Next Move [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dragonflies-can-predict-their-preys-next-move/

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. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Child Restraint Systems, and Child Restraint Anchorage Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Mar. Report No.: OGC-99-34.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lucas WA. Dynamics of Food Consumption in a Q’eqchi’ Maya Community [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2017.

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

Wilson M. Agents Describe Search For Chelsea Bomb Pieces. New York Times. 2017 Oct 4;A21.

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

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