How to format your references using the International Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology (IJPP). 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

Myers MG Jr. Cell biology. Moonlighting in mitochondria. Science. 2009 Feb 6;323(5915):723–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Huebsch N, Mooney DJ. Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials. Nature. 2009 Nov 26;462(7272):426–32.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhao W, Luo J, Jiao S. Comprehensive characterization of cancer subtype associated long non-coding RNAs and their clinical implications. Sci Rep. 2014 Oct 13;4:6591.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Bourc’his D, Xu GL, Lin CS, Bollman B, Bestor TH. Dnmt3L and the establishment of maternal genomic imprints. Science. 2001 Dec 21;294(5551):2536–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Barron RF, Barron BR. Design for Thermal Stresses. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Janas J, Kurasov P, Laptev A, Naboko S, editors. Operator Methods in Mathematical Physics: Conference on Operator Theory, Analysis and Mathematical Physics (OTAMP) 2010, Bedlewo, Poland. Basel: Springer; 2013. IX, 178 p. (Operator Theory: Advances and Applications; vol. 227).

A chapter in an edited book

Andronikou S. White Matter Tracts. In: Andronikou S, editor. See Right Through Me: An Imaging Anatomy Atlas. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 71–100.

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 Physiology and Pathophysiology.

Blog post

Felton J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Male Scientist Claims Lesbianism Evolved Because Men Like It. Gay Community Disagrees. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/male-scientist-claims-lesbianism-evolved-because-men-like-it-gay-community-disagrees/

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. Examples of Job Hopping by Commercial Drivers After Failing Drug Tests. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Jun. Report No.: GAO-08-829R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Song H. Systematics of Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with a Focus on the Genus Schistocerca Stål 1873: Evolution of Locust Phase Polyphenism and Study of Insect Genitalia [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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

Sengupta S, Eddy M, Buckley C, Rubin AJ. Defiant Other Countries Reaffirm Fight Against Climate Change. New York Times. 2017 Jun 1;A11.

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	International Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology
ISSN (print)	2155-014X
ISSN (online)	2155-0158
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