How to format your references using the EXPLORE citation style

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

Hirschmann M. Earth science: a wet mantle conductor? Nature. 2006;439(7075):E3; discussion E3-4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rubin EM, Tall A. Perspectives for vascular genomics. Nature. 2000;407(6801):265-269.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ellis AS, Johnson TM, Bullen TD. Chromium isotopes and the fate of hexavalent chromium in the environment. Science. 2002;295(5562):2060-2062.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Zou X, Conradsson T, Klingstedt M, Dadachov MS, O’Keeffe M. A mesoporous germanium oxide with crystalline pore walls and its chiral derivative. Nature. 2005;437(7059):716-719.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wegener E. Montagegerechte Anlagenplanung. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2003.

An edited book

Wang X, Wang ZM, eds. High-Efficiency Solar Cells: Physics, Materials, and Devices. Vol 190. Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Baykal C, Yazganoğlu KD. Cutaneous Cysts. In: Yazganoğlu KD, ed. Clinical Atlas of Skin Tumors. Springer; 2014:125-143.

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 EXPLORE.

Blog post

Andrew E. Patent or No Patent, Silver Oxide Cannot Cure AIDS. IFLScience. July 1, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/patent-or-no-patent-silver-oxide-cannot-cure-aids/

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. Information Technology: Improvements for Acquisition of Customs Trade Processing System Continue, but Further Efforts Needed to Avoid More Cost and Schedule Shortfalls. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mbwiri FI. Remedial Math Instruction Intervention: Efficacy of Constructivist Practices on Alternative Students with Disabilities Mathematics Achievement. Doctoral dissertation. Northcentral 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

Kelly M. Clinton Chats With Reagan, Then Heads Out to the Mall. New York Times. November 28, 1992:17.

In-text citations

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

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	EXPLORE
Abbreviation	Explore (NY)
ISSN (print)	1550-8307
Scope	Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine General Nursing Chiropractics