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

Chemler SR. Chemistry. Copper’s contribution to amination catalysis. Science. 2013 Aug 9;341(6146):624–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Aderem A, Ulevitch RJ. Toll-like receptors in the induction of the innate immune response. Nature. 2000 Aug 17;406(6797):782–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Roscioli JR, McCunn LR, Johnson MA. Quantum structure of the intermolecular proton bond. Science. 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):249–54.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Katano Y, Nakano K, Otsuki M, Matsukawa H. Novel friction law for the static friction force based on local precursor slipping. Sci Rep. 2014 Sep 10;4:6324.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Reiher M, Wolf A. Relativistic Quantum Chemistry. D-69451 Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; 2014.

An edited book

Urbano F, Cagnacci F, editors. Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data: A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. XXIII, 257 p. 47 illus., 32 illus. in color.

A chapter in an edited book

Corkill R. Basic Principles and Simple Techniques. In: Murphy K, Robertson F, editors. Interventional Neuroradiology. London: Springer; 2014. p. 41–53.

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

Andrew E. Filefish can Camouflage in just 2 Seconds [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/camofish-can-camouflage-2-seconds/

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. Telecommunications: Metropolitan Area Acquisition Program Implementation and Management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Jun. Report No.: GAO-01-798T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fortenbery NR. Regulation of Natural Killer Cells: SHIP-1, 2B4, and Immunomodulation by Lenalidomide [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 2012.

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

Saslow L. New Setting for Double-Diamond Cottage. New York Times. 2006 Mar 5;14LI3.

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