How to format your references using the Thyroid Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Thyroid Research. 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

1. Collins FS. Retrospective: Victor A. McKusick (1921-2008). Science. 2008;321:925.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Nelson EC, Braun PV. Chemistry. Enhancing colloids through the surface. Science. 2007;318:924–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Barthelemy P, Bertolotti J, Wiersma DS. A Lévy flight for light. Nature. 2008;453:495–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Suzuki Y, Sakamoto Y, Tanaka N, Okada H, Morikawa Y, Ogasawara W. Identification of the catalytic triad of family S46 exopeptidases, closely related to clan PA endopeptidases. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4292.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Avdeef A. Absorption and Drug Development. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Derby B, Akhtar R, editors. Mechanical Properties of Aging Soft Tissues. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Holmstrup P, Nielsen CH. Linkage Between Periodontal Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis. In: Lynge Pedersen AM, editor. Oral Infections and General Health: From Molecule to Chairside. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 45–51.

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 Thyroid Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. What Happens When you put a Mouse in Mountain Dew for 30 Days? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/would-mouse-dissolve-mountain-dew-30-days/

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. Natural Gas Pipelines: Greater Use of Instrumented Inspection Technology Can Improve Safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992 Sep. Report No.: RCED-92-237.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Gill GJ. The experience of family caregiving of the terminally ill: A phenomenological study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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

1. Anderson J. The Documentary Left Looks to the Right. New York Times. 2017 Mar 17;AR15.

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	Thyroid Research
Abbreviation	Thyroid Res.
ISSN (online)	1756-6614
Scope	Endocrinology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Endocrine and Autonomic Systems