How to format your references using the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 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

Christian CE. Consequences of a biological invasion reveal the importance of mutualism for plant communities. Nature. 2001 Oct 11;413(6856):635–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Williams LE, Bargh JA. Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth. Science. 2008 Oct 24;322(5901):606–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kiessling W, Simpson C, Foote M. Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic. Science. 2010 Jan 8;327(5962):196–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Jung HW, Tschaplinski TJ, Wang L, Glazebrook J, Greenberg JT. Priming in systemic plant immunity. Science. 2009 Apr 3;324(5923):89–91.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Svensson H. Cable-Stayed Bridges. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2012.

An edited book

Hou MZ, Xie H, Were P, editors. Clean Energy Systems in the Subsurface: Production, Storage and Conversion: Proceedings of the 3rd Sino-German Conference “Underground Storage of CO2 and Energy”, Goslar, Germany, 21-23 May 2013. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. XVIII, 488 p. (Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering).

A chapter in an edited book

Fridkin V, Ducharme S. Ferroelectric Nanocrystals and Nanodomains. In: Ducharme S, editor. Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale: Basics and Applications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 67–85. (NanoScience and Technology).

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 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Blog post

Fang J. Reef Fishes Survived, Even Thrived, During Mass Extinction [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/reef-fishes-survived-even-thrived-during-mass-extinction/

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. Award of an Army Advanced Development Contract in 1971 to the Boeing Company Calling for the Design Fabrication and Testing of Certain Critical Advanced Technology Components. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1972 Dec. Report No.: B-176701.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Seip N. A one day training on the human papillomavirus for foster youth receiving independent living services: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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

Southall A. Brownsville Residents Seek Answers After a Mentally Ill Ex-Convict Is Fatally Shot. New York Times. 2016 Jun 20;A15.

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	Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Abbreviation	J. Paediatr. Child Health
ISSN (print)	1034-4810
ISSN (online)	1440-1754
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health