How to format your references using the The Indian Journal of Pediatrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 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

1. Fialko Y. Interseismic strain accumulation and the earthquake potential on the southern San Andreas fault system. Nature. 2006;441:968–71.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Pearse A-M, Swift K. Allograft theory: transmission of devil facial-tumour disease. Nature. 2006;439:549.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Richardson JE, Melosh HJ, Greenberg R. Impact-induced seismic activity on asteroid 433 Eros: a surface modification process. Science. 2004;306:1526–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hansen JL, van Hecke M, Haaning A, Ellegaard C, Andersen KH, Bohr T, et al. Pattern formation: Instabilities in sand ripples. Nature. 2001;410:324.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hulin W, Jin-Ting Z. Nonparametric Regression Methods for Longitudinal Data Analysis: Mixed-Effects Modeling Approaches. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Barthe G, Burdy L, Huisman M, Lanet J-L, Muntean T, editors. Construction and Analysis of Safe, Secure, and Interoperable Smart Devices: International Workshop, CASSIS 2004, Marseille, France, March 10-14, 2004, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Derwing TM, Fraser H, Kang O, Thomson RI. L2 Accent and Ethics: Issues that Merit Attention. In: Mahboob A, Barratt L, editors. Englishes in Multilingual Contexts: Language Variation and Education. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 63–80.

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 The Indian Journal of Pediatrics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Sea Slugs Have Crazy Forehead Sex [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sea-slugs-have-crazy-forehead-sex/

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. Airport Funding: Changes in Aviation Activity Are Reflected in Reduced Capacity Concerns. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 Apr. Report No.: GAO-15-498T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Beard JA. Evidence of Leadership Competencies in the Journal of Mary Easton Sibley, a Pioneering 19th Century Women’s College Founder [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood University; 2014.

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. Cowen T. In an Uber World, Fortune Favors the Freelancer. New York Times. 2015 Jun 27;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	The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Abbreviation	Indian J. Pediatr.
ISSN (print)	0019-5456
ISSN (online)	0973-7693
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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