How to format your references using the Tobacco Control citation style

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

Schiermeier Q. Imported stem cells deepen Germany’s ethical divide. Nature. 2001;412:4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Zhu H, Tromp J. Mapping tectonic deformation in the crust and upper mantle beneath Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean. Science. 2013;341:871–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Birbeck GL, Meyer A-C, Ogunniyi A. Nervous system disorders across the life course in resource-limited settings. Nature. 2015;527:S167-71.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Shah NP, Tran C, Lee FY, et al. Overriding imatinib resistance with a novel ABL kinase inhibitor. Science. 2004;305:399–401.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Balakrishnan N, Koutras MV. Runs and Scans with Applications: Balakrishnan/Runs. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001.

An edited book

Jensen FB. Computational Ocean Acoustics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Robyns B, Francois B, Degobert P, et al. Theoretical Study of the Parametric Sensitivity. In: Francois B, Degobert P, Hautier JP, eds. Vector Control of Induction Machines: Desensitisation and Optimisation Through Fuzzy Logic. London: Springer 2012:123–53.

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 Tobacco Control.

Blog post

Taub B. A Giraffe With The Same Skin Condition As Michael Jackson Has Been Spotted In Kenya. IFLScience. 2016.

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. Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Card Reader Pilot Results Are Unreliable; Security Benefits Should Be Reassessed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lim K. An Inquiry of How Art Education Policies are Reflected in Art Teacher Preparation: Examining the Standards for Visual Arts and Art Teacher Certification. 2017.

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

Walsh MW. William Schreyer, 83, Merrill Chief, Dies. New York Times. 2011;A23.

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	Tobacco Control
Abbreviation	Tob. Control
ISSN (print)	0964-4563
ISSN (online)	1468-3318
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health(social science)