How to format your references using the Frontiers in Integrative and Regenerative Pharmacology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Integrative and Regenerative Pharmacology. 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

Kideys, A. E. (2002). Ecology. Fall and rise of the Black Sea ecosystem. Science 297, 1482–1484.

A journal article with 2 authors

Yang, W. Y., and Gruebele, M. (2003). Folding at the speed limit. Nature 423, 193–197.

A journal article with 3 authors

Suzuki, H., Imura, J.-I., and Aihara, K. (2013). Chaotic Ising-like dynamics in traffic signals. Sci. Rep. 3, 1127.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lu, B., Roegiers, F., Jan, L. Y., and Jan, Y. N. (2001). Adherens junctions inhibit asymmetric division in the Drosophila epithelium. Nature 409, 522–525.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Waller, F. J. (2011). Writing Chemistry Patents and Intellectual Property. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Plaja, L., Torres, R., and Zaïr, A. eds. (2013). Attosecond Physics: Attosecond Measurements and Control of Physical Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Dana, R. H. (2007). “Refugee Assessment Practices and Cultural Competency Training,” in Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD, eds. J. P. Wilson and C. S.-K. Tang (Boston, MA: Springer US), 91–112.

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 Frontiers in Integrative and Regenerative Pharmacology.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2012). Why We Can’t Spin A Silken Yarn As Strong As A Spider Can. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-we-cant-spin-a-silken-yarn-as-strong-as-a-spider-can/ (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 (1988). Bridge Safety: Structural Soundness of the Zilwaukee Bridge. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Valdez, K. (2015). Taking a closer look at the mental health services act of 2004: A policy analysis. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Kenigsberg, B. (2017). Toys, Manolos and Tennis Champs. New York Times, AR72.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Kideys, 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Kideys, 2002; Yang and Gruebele, 2003).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Yang and Gruebele, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Lu et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Integrative and Regenerative Pharmacology
Abbreviation	Front. Pharmacol.
ISSN (online)	1663-9812
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology