How to format your references using the Pharmaceutical Research citation style

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

1. Cook-Deegan R. Patent law. Law and science collide over human gene patents. Science. 2012;338:745–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Cooper KM, Kent AJR. Rapid remobilization of magmatic crystals kept in cold storage. Nature. 2014;506:480–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Williams MA, Tyznik AJ, Bevan MJ. Interleukin-2 signals during priming are required for secondary expansion of CD8+ memory T cells. Nature. 2006;441:890–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Chang C-W, Tan W-C, Lu M-L, Pan T-C, Yang Y-J, Chen Y-F. Electrically and optically readable light emitting memories. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5121.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bahgat G. Energy Security. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011.

An edited book

1. Selinus O, Finkelman RB, Centeno JA, editors. Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ebner BT, Chinnaiyan KM. Imaging of Coronary Artery Anomalies. In: Abbas AE, editor. Interventional Cardiology Imaging: An Essential Guide. London: Springer; 2015. p. 75–93.

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 Pharmaceutical Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. GM Potatoes With Health Benefits Approved By USDA [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/gm-potatoes-may-benefit-health-approved-usda/

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. Reimbursable Space Act Agreements: NASA Generally Adhering to Fair Reimbursement Controls, but Guidance on Waived Cost Justifications Needs Refinement. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 May. Report No.: GAO-11-553R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Duran PE. Factors and prevention strategies to fight childhood obesity [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Senior J. A Teenager’s Mind At War With Itself. New York Times. 2017 Oct 10;C1.

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	Pharmaceutical Research
Abbreviation	Pharm. Res.
ISSN (print)	0724-8741
ISSN (online)	1573-904X
Scope	Biotechnology Molecular Medicine Organic Chemistry Pharmacology (medical) Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacology