How to format your references using the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 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

1. Bonan GB. Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of forests. Science. 2008;320:1444–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Shine KP, Sturges WT. Atmospheric science. CO2 is not the only gas. Science. 2007;315:1804–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bence NF, Sampat RM, Kopito RR. Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system by protein aggregation. Science. 2001;292:1552–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Vila-Costa M, Simó R, Harada H, Gasol JM, Slezak D, Kiene RP. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate uptake by marine phytoplankton. Science. 2006;314:652–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. New TR. Hymenoptera and Conservation. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

1. Smagghe G, Diaz I, editors. Arthropod-Plant Interactions: Novel Insights and Approaches for IPM. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sierksma G, Ghosh D. Shortest Paths. In: Ghosh D, editor. Networks in Action: Text and Computer Exercises in Network Optimization. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010. p. 17–35.

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 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. What Are Allergies And Why Are We Getting More Of Them? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-are-allergies-and-why-are-we-getting-more-them/. Accessed 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

1. Government Accountability Office. Project SAFECOM: Key Cross-Agency Emergency Communications Effort Requires Stronger Collaboration. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Apr. Report No.: GAO-04-494.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Luna M. A Case Study of the Influence of Multipurpose Spaces on Campus Life at an Institution of Art and Design [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Stewart JB. Wells Fargo Case Tests a Get-Tough Approach. New York Times. 2016 Sep 23;B1.

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	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Abbreviation	Int. J. Clin. Pharm.
ISSN (print)	2210-7703
ISSN (online)	2210-7711
Scope	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacology Toxicology Pharmacy