How to format your references using the Rheumatology and Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Rheumatology and Therapy. 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. Morr DK. Physics. Lifting the fog of complexity. Science. 2014;343:382–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Boettiger C, Hastings A. Tipping points: From patterns to predictions. Nature. 2013;493:157–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Sampson SD, Carrano MT, Forster CA. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature. 2001;409:504–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Burt RK, Abinun M, Farge-Bancel D, Fassas A, Hiepe F, Havrdová E, et al. Risks of immune system treatments. Science. 2010;328:825–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Chadha R, Kant L. Policy-Driven Mobile Ad hoc Network Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Yu F. Three-Dimensional Model Analysis and Processing. Luo H, Lu Z, Wang P, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Miglinaitė R. Global Civil Society as a Humanitarian Actor: Constituting a Right of Humanitarian Assistance. In: Gibbons P, Heintze H-J, editors. The Humanitarian Challenge: 20 Years European Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 71–87.

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 Rheumatology and Therapy.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Turning The Tables: Using Genetic Mutations To Fix Nature’s Problems. 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. Public Transportation: Future Demand Is Likely for New Starts and Small Starts Programs, but Improvements Needed to the Small Starts Application Process. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Jul. Report No.: GAO-07-917.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Kolakoski M. The appeal to be heard and the trope of listening in classic film and African American literature [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tucson, AZ]: University of Arizona; 2013.

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. LISA W. FODERARO; Reporting for this article was contributed by Ford Fessenden, as well as by Kathleen McGrory in Westchester, Akhtar F, Sophia Chang on, Koblin J, Nate Schweber in, et al. That Sound You Hear? The Market Coming Down to Earth. New York Times. 2006 Apr 2;14NJ6.

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	Rheumatology and Therapy
Abbreviation	Rheumatol. Ther.
ISSN (print)	2198-6576
ISSN (online)	2198-6584
Scope