How to format your references using the The Pharmacogenomics Journal citation style

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

Hellemans A. Cantilever tales. Science 2000; 290: 1529.

A journal article with 2 authors

Adrain C, Martin SJ. Cell biology. Double knockout blow for caspases. Science 2006; 311: 785–786.

A journal article with 3 authors

Finkel T, Deng C-X, Mostoslavsky R. Recent progress in the biology and physiology of sirtuins. Nature 2009; 460: 587–591.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Cruz-Monserrate Z, Roland CL, Deng D, Arumugam T, Moshnikova A, Andreev OA et al. Targeting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma acidic microenvironment. Sci Rep 2014; 4: 4410.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Zhang L, Peng M, Chang D, Xu Y. Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment. John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd: Singapore, 2016.

An edited book

Herren M. Transcultural History: Theories, Methods, Sources. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Guinard D, Trifa V, Mattern F, Wilde E. From the Internet of Things to the Web of Things: Resource-oriented Architecture and Best Practices. In: Uckelmann D, Harrison M, Michahelles F (eds). Architecting the Internet of Things. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011, pp 97–129.

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 Pharmacogenomics Journal.

Blog post

Evans K. Navy-Trained Dolphins To Help Find And Rescue Endangered Vaquita Porpoises. IFLScience. 2017.https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/navy-trained-dolphins-to-help-find-and-rescue-endangered-vaquita-porpoises/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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 Support for Research and Education: Costs and Benefits. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1969.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mitchell SF. Life-review therapy: A prevention program for the elderly who are experiencing life transitions. A grant proposal. 2009.

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

Kishkovsky S. Conflict Tests Ties Between the Georgian and Russian Orthodox Churches. New York Times. 2008; : A5.

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 Pharmacogenomics Journal
Abbreviation	Pharmacogenomics J.
ISSN (print)	1470-269X
ISSN (online)	1473-1150
Scope	Genetics Molecular Medicine Pharmacology