How to format your references using the Journal of Peptide Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Peptide Science. 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

Bader J. Climate Science: The Origin of Regional Arctic Warming. Nature 2014;509(7499):167–168.

A journal article with 2 authors

Imondi R, Thomas JB. Neuroscience. The Ups and Downs of Wnt Signaling. Science 2003;302(5652):1903–1904.

A journal article with 3 authors

Walker JR, Corpina RA, Goldberg J. Structure of the Ku Heterodimer Bound to DNA and Its Implications for Double-Strand Break Repair. Nature 2001;412(6847):607–614.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ducatez MF, Olinger CM, Owoade AA, De Landtsheer S, Ammerlaan W, Niesters HGM, Osterhaus ADME, Fouchier RAM, Muller CP. Avian Flu: Multiple Introductions of H5N1 in Nigeria. Nature 2006;442(7098):37.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Robinson MD. An Employer’s and Engineer’s Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract. John Wiley & Sons: Oxford, 2013.

An edited book

Advances on Digital Television and Wireless Multimedia Communications: 9th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2012, Shanghai, China, November 9-10, 2012. Proceedings, Vol. 331, Zhang W, Yang X, Xu Z, An P, Liu Q, Lu Y (eds), Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Kneissl M, Rass J, Schade L, Schwarz UT. Growth and Optical Properties of GaN-Based Non- and Semipolar LEDs. In III-Nitride Based Light Emitting Diodes and Applications, Topics in Applied Physics, Seong T-Y, Han J, Amano H, Morkoc H (eds). Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2013; 83–119.

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 Peptide Science.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Scientist Claims He Has Found Evidence Of Other Universes https://www.iflscience.com/space/scientist-claims-there-evidence-other-universes-cosmic-microwave-background/ (accessed Oct 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. Motor Carrier Safety: Reincarnating Commercial Vehicle Companies Pose Safety Threat to Motoring Public; Federal Safety Agency Has Initiated Efforts to Prevent Future Occurrences, GAO-09-924. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Bodenmiller JJ. A Quantitative Relational Analysis of Leadership Style and Leader-Accountability in Nonprofit Organizations. Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix: Phoenix, AZ, 2015.

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

George RP, Moschella M. Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights? New York Times, 2011, A29.

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 Peptide Science
Abbreviation	J. Pept. Sci.
ISSN (print)	1075-2617
ISSN (online)	1099-1387
Scope	Biochemistry Molecular Biology Molecular Medicine Structural Biology Organic Chemistry General Medicine Drug Discovery Pharmacology