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

Horton JD. Physiology. Unfolding lipid metabolism. Science. 2008 Jun 13;320(5882):1433–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fritz G, Kroneck PMH. MICROBIOLOGY. Sulfate to go. Science. 2015 Dec 18;350(6267):1476–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zheng X, Zhang R, Huang H. Theoretical modeling of relative humidity on contact electrification of sand particles. Sci Rep. 2014 Mar 18;4:4399.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Masuzaki H, Paterson J, Shinyama H, Morton NM, Mullins JJ, Seckl JR, et al. A transgenic model of visceral obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Science. 2001 Dec 7;294(5549):2166–70.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cauvin C, Escobar F, Serradj A. New Approaches in Thematic Cartography. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Huggenberger P, Epting J, editors. Urban Geology: Process-Oriented Concepts for Adaptive and Integrated Resource Management. Basel: Springer; 2011. XVI, 216 p.

A chapter in an edited book

Llewellyn A, Mendick H. Does Every Child Count? Quality, Equity and Mathematics with/in Neoliberalism. In: Atweh B, Graven M, Secada W, Valero P, editors. Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. p. 49–62.

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

Andrews R. Young Earth Creationist Ben Carson Could Be America’s New Secretary Of Education [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/young-earth-creationist-ben-carson-americas-secretary-education/

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. Student Loans: Improvements in the Direct Loan Consolidation Process. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998 Nov. Report No.: HEHS-99-19R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Payan Venegas R. Factors associated with the lack of a regular health care provider for Latinos: Consequences and reasons [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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

Greenhouse L. Justices Order Rethinking Of eBay Case. New York Times. 2006 May 16;C1.

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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