How to format your references using the Particle and Fibre Toxicology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 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

1. Davidson AL. Structural biology. Not just another ABC transporter. Science. 2002;296:1038–40.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. DiNardo S, Braun RE. Developmental biology. Home for the precious few. Science. 2007;317:1696–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Grieco F, van Noordwijk AJ, Visser ME. Evidence for the effect of learning on timing of reproduction in blue tits. Science. 2002;296:136–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Paige DA, Siegler MA, Zhang JA, Hayne PO, Foote EJ, Bennett KA, et al. Diviner Lunar Radiometer observations of cold traps in the Moon’s south polar region. Science. 2010;330:479–82.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Krichen S, Chaouachi J. Graph-Related Optimization and Decision Support Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Westerhof N. Snapshots of Hemodynamics: An Aid for Clinical Research and Graduate Education. 2nd ed. Stergiopulos N, Noble MIM, editors. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Thalmann D, Musse SR. Behavioral Animation of Crowds. In: Musse SR, editor. Crowd Simulation. London: Springer; 2007. p. 89–123.

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 Particle and Fibre Toxicology.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Stunning Fossils Rewrite Evolutionary History of Life on Earth. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Telecommunications: Survey of State Regulatory Commissions (GAO-08-662SP, June 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-633. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Jun. Report No.: GAO-08-662SP.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Thom RR. Beyond the numbers: A phenomenological study of intangible assets for small manufacturing business valuation [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2008.

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. Belcher D. Yuri Lyubimov, Experimental Director of the Russian Stage, Is Dead at 97. New York Times. 2014 Oct 6;A24.

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	Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Abbreviation	Part. Fibre Toxicol.
ISSN (online)	1743-8977
Scope	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis General Medicine Toxicology