How to format your references using the Progress in Lipid Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Progress in Lipid 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

McFall-Ngai M. Adaptive immunity: care for the community. Nature 2007;445:153.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lau WCY, Rubinstein JL. Subnanometre-resolution structure of the intact Thermus thermophilus H+-driven ATP synthase. Nature 2011;481:214–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Wardle DA, Walker LR, Bardgett RD. Ecosystem properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences. Science 2004;305:509–13.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Wellen KE, Hatzivassiliou G, Sachdeva UM, Bui TV, Cross JR, Thompson CB. ATP-citrate lyase links cellular metabolism to histone acetylation. Science 2009;324:1076–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chevallier J, Ielpo F. The Economics of Commodity Markets. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Benirschke K. Pathology of the Human Placenta. 6th ed. 2012. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Golob AL, Lee T. Perioperative Medication Management. In: Jackson MB, Mookherjee S, Hamlin NP, editors. The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 17–25.

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 Progress in Lipid Research.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Images Of Pluto’s Moon Charon Show Huge Fractures And Hints Of Icy ‘Lava Flows.’ IFLScience 2015.

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. Transportation Security: DHS Should Address Key Challenges before Implementing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Rivers M. Bridging the knowledge gap between the Baby Boomers and the multigenerations. Doctoral dissertation. Capella 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]

Gustines GG. Free Digital Comics Site Is Expanding in U.S. With Celebrity Help. New York Times 2015:B6.

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	Progress in Lipid Research
Abbreviation	Prog. Lipid Res.
ISSN (print)	0163-7827
Scope	Biochemistry Cell Biology