How to format your references using the American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Howell P. Listen to the lessons of The King’s Speech. Nature 470: 7, 2011.

A journal article with 2 authors

Latch DE, McNeill K. Microheterogeneity of singlet oxygen distributions in irradiated humic acid solutions. Science 311: 1743–1747, 2006.

A journal article with 3 authors

Moser DE, Flowers RM, Hart RJ. Birth of the Kaapvaal tectosphere 3.08 billion years ago. Science 291: 465–468, 2001.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Griffith CA, Owen T, Geballe TR, Rayner J, Rannou P. Evidence for the exposure of water ice on Titan’s surface. Science 300: 628–630, 2003.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rosenberger WR. Risk-Adjusted Lending Conditions. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005.

An edited book

Thampi SM, Gelbukh A, Mukhopadhyay J, editors. Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Webster RG, Webby RJ, Perdue M. The Origin and Evolution of H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Viruses. In: Influenza Vaccines for the Future, edited by Rappuoli R, Del Giudice G. Basel: Springer, 2011, p. 77–93.

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 American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Fatal Error: Why We Don’t Fully Trust Technology [Online]. IFLScience IFLScience: 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/fatal-error-why-we-don-t-fully-trust-technology/ [30 Oct. 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

Government Accountability Office. Chemical Assessments: EPA’s New Assessment Process Will Further Limit the Productivity and Credibility of Its Integrated Risk Information System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Saifman HP. Millennial Nurse Manager Perspectives on Their Leadership Roles in the Hospital Setting: A Phenomenological Inquiry. Florida Atlantic University: 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

Santora M. Crash Kills 3 College Students on Medical Mission in Honduras. New York Times: A23, 2016.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (2).
This sentence cites two references (2, 4).
This sentence cites four references (2, 4, 6, 8).

About the journal

Full journal title	American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Abbreviation	Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.
ISSN (print)	1040-0605
ISSN (online)	1522-1504
Scope	Cell Biology Physiology Physiology (medical) Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine