How to format your references using the Rheumatology and Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Rheumatology and Therapy. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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. Harra LK. Astronomy. Looking closer at the Sun. Science. 2014;346:305–6.
A journal article with 2 authors
1. Mettetal JT, van Oudenaarden A. Microbiology. Necessary noise. Science. 2007;317:463–4.
A journal article with 3 authors
1. Rhode SC, Pawlowski M, Tollrian R. The impact of ultraviolet radiation on the vertical distribution of zooplankton of the genus Daphnia. Nature. 2001;412:69–72.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
1. Hvorup RN, Goetz BA, Niederer M, Hollenstein K, Perozo E, Locher KP. Asymmetry in the structure of the ABC transporter-binding protein complex BtuCD-BtuF. Science. 2007;317:1387–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
1. Sox HC, Higgins MC, Owens DK. Medical Decision Making. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.
An edited book
1. Liu B-L, Lee S-J, Wang L, Li X, Xiao J-H, editors. Contemporary Logistics in China: Consolidation and Deepening. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.
A chapter in an edited book
1. Özkaya E, Yazganoğlu KD. Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Agonists. In: Yazganoğlu KD, editor. Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions to Cardiovascular Drugs. London: Springer; 2014. p. 93–7.

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 Rheumatology and Therapy.

Blog post
1. Andrew E. Endangered Rhinos in South Africa Will Be Fitted With Spy Cameras In Their Horns. IFLScience. 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. Evaluation of DOD Comments Re: DOD Instruction 5000.5X, Standard Instruction Set Architectures for Embedded Computers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 May. Report No.: B-199008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
1. Borgman GA. Loneliness and the Hermitic Psyche [Doctoral dissertation]. [Carpinteria, CA]: Pacifica Graduate Institute; 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. Koblin J. Fox Wants Harassment Suit by Host Sent to Arbitration. New York Times. 2016 Aug 30;B4.

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 titleRheumatology and Therapy
AbbreviationRheumatol. Ther.
ISSN (print)2198-6576
ISSN (online)2198-6584
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