How to format your references using the Pratiques en nutrition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pratiques en nutrition. 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

[1]

Dantzer B. Ecology. Mothers shape ecological communities. Science 2015;347:822–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wodarz D, Zauber AG. Cancer: Risk factors and random chances. Nature 2015;517:563–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bielawski CW, Benitez D, Grubbs RH. An “endless” route to cyclic polymers. Science 2002;297:2041–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Groh V, Wu J, Yee C, Spies T. Tumour-derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation. Nature 2002;419:734–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Anandharamakrishnan C, Ishwarya SP. Spray Drying Techniques for Food Ingredient Encapsulation. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Bach TJ, Rohmer M, editors. Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts and Experimental Approaches. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Seeger MA, Bordignon E, Hohl M. ABC Exporters from a Structural Perspective. In: George AM, editor. ABC Transporters - 40 Years on, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 65–84.

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 Pratiques en nutrition.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. US Air Force’s Secret Space Plane Continues To Mystify. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/space/us-air-forces-secret-space-plane-continues-mystify/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Multiple Teacher Training Programs: Information on Budgets, Services, and Target Groups. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Curry M. Students’ perceptions of entrepreneurship at a historically black university in central Mississippi. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 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

[1]

Barron J. Old Board, Hub’s Heart, Goes Out of Service. New York Times 2017:A20.

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	Pratiques en nutrition
ISSN (print)	1766-7305
Scope	Nutrition and Dietetics