How to format your references using the Research Integrity and Peer Review citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research Integrity and Peer Review. 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. Al-Gazali L. Genome-sequencing anniversary. Human genome sequencing: celebrating 10 years. Science. 2011;331:873.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sercombe TB, Schaffer GB. Rapid manufacturing of aluminum components. Science. 2003;301:1225–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Cerda E, Ravi-Chandar K, Mahadevan L. Thin films. Wrinkling of an elastic sheet under tension. Nature. 2002;419:579–80.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Damodaram KJP, Kempraj V, Aurade RM, Rajasekhar SB, Venkataramanappa RK, Nandagopal B, et al. Centuries of domestication has not impaired oviposition site-selection function in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7472.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Pan CT, Hwang YM, Lin L, Chen Y-C. Design and Fabrication of Self-Powered Micro-Harvesters. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Singapore Pte. Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Hanus M, editor. Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages: 9th International Symposium, PADL 2007, Nice, France, January 14-15, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Quan V, Rogers S. A Supply Network of Oligopoly for the Advanced Intelligent Network. In: Raghavan S, Anandalingam G, editors. Telecommunications Planning: Innovations in Pricing, Network Design and Management. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006. p. 65–87.

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 Integrity and Peer Review.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Orangutans Need More Than Your Well-Meaning Clicktivism [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/orangutans-need-more-your-well-meaning-clicktivism/

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. Commercial Driver’s Licensing: Federal Oversight of State Programs Could Be Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 Jul. Report No.: GAO-15-607.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Burns KN. Impact of Cognitive Tasks on Gait Parameters in Collegiate Athletes [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Dynarski S. America Can Fix Its Student Loan Crisis. Ask Australia. New York Times. 2016 Jul 9;BU6.

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	Research Integrity and Peer Review
Abbreviation	Res. Integr. Peer Rev.
ISSN (online)	2058-8615
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