How to format your references using the Revue de Pneumologie clinique citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Revue de Pneumologie clinique. 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]

Owens B. Mining: Extreme prospects. Nature 2013;495:S4-6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Schwämmle V, Herrmann HJ. Geomorphology: solitary wave behaviour of sand dunes. Nature 2003;426:619–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Pierce JL, Meyer GA, Jull AJT. Fire-induced erosion and millennial-scale climate change in northern ponderosa pine forests. Nature 2004;432:87–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Lenski RE, Ofria C, Pennock RT, Adami C. The evolutionary origin of complex features. Nature 2003;423:139–44.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Griskey RG. Transport Phenomena and Unit Operations. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Hannah KJ, Hussey P, Kennedy MA, Ball MJ, editors. Introduction to Nursing Informatics. 4th ed. 2015. London: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Teot L, Otman S, Brancati A, Mittermayr R. Burn wound healing: Pathophysiology. In: Kamolz L-P, Jeschke MG, Horch RE, Küntscher M, Brychta P, editors. Handbook of Burns: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Volume 2, Vienna: Springer; 2012, p. 47–54.

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 Revue de Pneumologie clinique.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Watch Rhinos Being Dehorned To Save Their Lives. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/rhinos-dehorned-save-their-lives/ (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. Mass Transit: Federal Action Could Help Transit Agencies Address Security Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

McCain AK. Influence of market setting and time of purchase on counts of aerobic bacteria, Escherichia coli, and coliform and prevalence of Salmonella and Listeria in beef, pork, and chicken in Vietnam. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 2015.

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]

Kelly M. THE TRANSITION: Political Memo; Clinton, After Raising Hopes, Tries to Lower Expectations. New York Times 1992:A1.

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	Revue de Pneumologie clinique
Abbreviation	Rev. Pneumol. Clin.
ISSN (print)	0761-8417
Scope	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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