How to format your references using the Toxicologie Analytique et Clinique citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Toxicologie Analytique et Clinique. 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]

Vrakking M. Chemical physics: Electronic movies. Nature 2009;460:960–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Luo M-X, Wang X. Parallel photonic quantum computation assisted by quantum dots in one-side optical microcavities. Sci Rep 2014;4:5732.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Jia S, Noma K-I, Grewal SIS. RNAi-independent heterochromatin nucleation by the stress-activated ATF/CREB family proteins. Science 2004;304:1971–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Martin RD, Maclarnon AM, Phillips JL, Dussubieux L, Williams PR, Dobyns WB. Comment on “The Brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis.” Science 2006;312:999; author reply 999.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Greenspan D. Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Finkl CW, editor. Coastal Hazards. vol. 1000. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Park D, Cho S, Park J. The Realization of Greenhouse Monitoring and Auto Control System Using Wireless Sensor Network for Fungus Propagation Prevention in Leaf of Crop. In: Ślęzak D, Kim T-H, Stoica A, Kang B-H, editors. Control and Automation: International Conference, CA 2009, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, CA 2009, Jeju Island, Korea, December 10-12, 2009.Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009, p. 28–34.

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 Toxicologie Analytique et Clinique.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Naked Penguin Gets A New Wetsuit For Winter. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/naked-penguin-gets-a-new-wetsuit-for-winter/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Telecommunications: Improved Management Can Enhance FCC Decision Making for the Universal Service Fund Low-Income Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Kwon Y. Extreme value estimators: Their long memory feature and forecasting performances in the U.S. stock indexes. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington 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]

Kishkovsky S. Russian Lawmakers Advance Counterterrorism Measures. New York Times 2004:A10.

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	Toxicologie Analytique et Clinique
Abbreviation	Ann. Toxicol. Anal.
ISSN (print)	2352-0078
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