How to format your references using the The Journal of Pharmacy Technology citation style

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

Augenbraun E. Weapon of mass attraction. Nature. 2005 Jan 27;433(7024):357–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fei Y, Bertka C. Planetary science. The interior of Mars. Science. 2005 May 20;308(5725):1120–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kielpinski D, Monroe C, Wineland DJ. Architecture for a large-scale ion-trap quantum computer. Nature. 2002 Jun 13;417(6890):709–11.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Prosperi M, Veras N, Azarian T, Rathore M, Nolan D, Rand K, et al. Molecular epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the genomic era: a cross-sectional study. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1902.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stephanie Hammer. Architects of Electronic Trading. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

Nijsen A, Hudson J, Müller C, Paridon K, Thurik R, editors. Business Regulation and Public Policy: The Costs and Benefits of Compliance. New York, NY: Springer; 2009. X, 360 p. 30 illus. (International Studies in Entrepreneurship; vol. 20).

A chapter in an edited book

Melling L. Peatland in Malaysia. In: Osaki M, Tsuji N, editors. Tropical Peatland Ecosystems. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2016. p. 59–73.

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 Journal of Pharmacy Technology.

Blog post

Luntz S. Desert-Dwelling Elephants Have A Unique Culture But Common Genetics [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/desertdwelling-elephants-have-a-unique-culture-but-common-genetics/

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. Federal Communications Commission: Strategic Focus Needed to Improve Information Resources Management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990 Jul. Report No.: IMTEC-90-52.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pappenfus BJ. How frequency of change within organizations affects burnout of human resource professionals [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2013.

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

Martin GS, Leland J. Worshiping the Bony Lady. New York Times. 2017 Oct 5;MB6.

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	The Journal of Pharmacy Technology
Abbreviation	J. Pharm. Technol.
ISSN (print)	8755-1225
ISSN (online)	1549-4810
Scope	Pharmaceutical Science