How to format your references using the Pharmaceuticals citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pharmaceuticals. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Atwood, G. Engineering. Phase-Change Materials for Electronic Memories. Science 2008, 321, 210–211.

A journal article with 2 authors

Goodall, J.; Pintea, L. Securing a Future for Chimpanzees. Nature 2010, 466, 180–181.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tilman, D.; Reich, P.B.; Knops, J.M.H. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability in a Decade-Long Grassland Experiment. Nature 2006, 441, 629–632.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Liao, E.H.; Hung, W.; Abrams, B.; Zhen, M. An SCF-like Ubiquitin Ligase Complex That Controls Presynaptic Differentiation. Nature 2004, 430, 345–350.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sizer, A.; Balachandar, C.; Biswas, N.; Foon, R.; Griffiths, A.; Hodgett, S.; Sahu, B.; Underwood, M. Part 2 MRCOG: Single Best Answer Questions; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2016; ISBN 9781119160625.

An edited book

Song, Y. Tokamak Engineering Mechanics; Wu, W., Du, S., Eds.; Mechanical Engineering Series; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014; ISBN 9783642395741.

A chapter in an edited book

Yang, X.J.; Yeldandi, A.V. Adrenal Gland. In Frozen Section Library: Endocrine Organs; Zhai, Q. “jim,” Ed.; Frozen Section Library; Springer: New York, NY, 2014; pp. 173–205 ISBN 9781461486114.

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 Pharmaceuticals.

Blog post

Hamilton, K. Could We One Day Heal The Mind By Taking Control Of Our Dreams? Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/could-we-one-day-heal-the-mind-by-taking-control-of-our-dreams/ (accessed on 30 October 2018).

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 Year 2000 Computing Challenge: DEA Has Developed Plans and Established Controls for Business Continuity Planning; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1999;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Metcalfe, A.C. Using Evolution as a Context for Teaching the Nature of Science to Diverse Student Populations: A High School Unit of Curriculum. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Saslow, L. Suffolk Seeks Ways to Ease School Taxes. New York Times 2007, LI2.

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	Pharmaceuticals
Abbreviation	Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
ISSN (online)	1424-8247
Scope	Molecular Medicine Pharmaceutical Science