How to format your references using the Endocrinology citation style

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

Lawler A. In search of Green Arabia. Science 2014;345(6200):994–997.

A journal article with 2 authors

Baughn AD, Malamy MH. The strict anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis grows in and benefits from nanomolar concentrations of oxygen. Nature 2004;427(6973):441–444.

A journal article with 3 authors

Brook BW, Sodhi NS, Ng PKL. Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore. Nature 2003;424(6947):420–426.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Suzuki M, Saruwatari K, Kogure T, Yamamoto Y, Nishimura T, Kato T, Nagasawa H. An acidic matrix protein, Pif, is a key macromolecule for nacre formation. Science 2009;325(5946):1388–1390.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Frank WL, Whittle DK. Revalidating Process Hazard Analyses. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Cavallaro L, Gollmann D, eds. Information Security Theory and Practice. Security of Mobile and Cyber-Physical Systems: 7th IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop, WISTP 2013, Heraklion, Greece, May 28-30, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Morinobu S, Tsuji S, Takahashi M, Russell DS, Takahashi J, Tanaka K, Fujimaki K, Yamawaki S, Endoh S, Endoh M. Stress Vulnerability Induced by Neonatal Isolation and the Disturbance Between the Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of CREB. In: Kato N, Kawata M, Pitman RK, eds. PTSD: Brain Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2006:37–45.

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 Endocrinology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Surfer Narrowly Avoids Being Killed By Shark Live On Camera. IFLScience 2015. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/surfer-narrowly-avoids-being-killed-shark-live-camera/. 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

Government Accountability Office. Rail Transit: Observations on FTA’s State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Oversight Role. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Birtler ER. Group therapy and knowledge of neuroplastic principles: The impact of health literacy on client locus of control in a therapy setting. 2014.

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

Paulson M, Sisario B. Hit Shows on Two Continents Confront One Villain: Scalpers. New York Times. February 12, 2017:A1.

In-text citations

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

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	Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Endocrinology
ISSN (print)	0013-7227
ISSN (online)	1945-7170
Scope	Endocrinology