How to format your references using the Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy citation style

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

Rejmánek M. Ecology: Global trends in plant naturalization. Nature. 2015;525(7567):39-40.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ruths J, Ruths D. Network models. Response to Comment on “Control profiles of complex networks.” Science. 2014;346(6209):561.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schön JH, Meng H, Bao Z. Field-effect modulation of the conductance of single molecules. Science. 2001;294(5549):2138-2140.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rakhilin SV, Olson PA, Nishi A, et al. A network of control mediated by regulator of calcium/calmodulin-dependent signaling. Science. 2004;306(5696):698-701.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hein H, Kunze W. Umweltanalytik Mit Spektrometrie Und Chromatographie. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

Fontani M. Chemistry and Chemists in Florence: From the Last of the Medici Family to the European Magnetic Resonance Center. (Orna MV, Costa M, eds.). Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Bowers C, Cannon-Bowers J, Hussain T. Considering User Knowledge in the Evaluation of Training System Usability. In: Kurosu M, ed. Human Centered Design: First International Conference, HCD 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2009:27-30.

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 Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

Blog post

Hale T. Here’s What Happened When A Teenager Didn’t Sleep For Eleven Days. IFLScience. November 16, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-do-we-need-sleep/

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. Army Aviation: Modernization Strategy Needs to Be Reassessed. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Aloe-Chase ST. Family Member Perspectives on Collaboration: An Exploratory Study. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University; 2008.

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

Sisario B. DJ Khaled Spends A 2nd Week on Top. New York Times. July 10, 2017:C3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Abbreviation	Res. Social Adm. Pharm.
ISSN (print)	1551-7411
Scope	Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacy