How to format your references using the The Journal of Pediatrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Pediatrics. 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]

Barrett TA. Developmental biology. Intestinal wound healing requires a Wnt balancing act. Science 2012;338:51–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Merikangas KR, Risch N. Genomic priorities and public health. Science 2003;302:599–601.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Cram DS, Song B, Trounson AO. Genotyping of Rhesus SCNT pluripotent stem cell lines. Nature 2007;450:E12-4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Manyala N, DiTusa JF, Aeppli G, Ramirez AP. Doping a semiconductor to create an unconventional metal. Nature 2008;454:976–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Waye JD, Aisenberg J, Rubin PH. Practical Colonoscopy. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Baliga RR, Haas GJ, editors. Management of Heart Failure: Volume 1: Medical. 2nd ed. 2015. London: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Zimroz R, Obuchowski J, Wyłomańska A. Vibration Analysis of Copper Ore Crushers Used in Mineral Processing Plant—Problem of Bearings Damage Detection in Presence of Heavy Impulsive Noise. In: Chaari F, Zimroz R, Bartelmus W, Haddar M, editors. Advances in Condition Monitoring of Machinery in Non-Stationary Operations: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Condition Monitoring of Machinery in Non-Stationary Operations, CMMNO’2014, Lyon, France December 15-17, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 57–70.

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 The Journal of Pediatrics.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Oral Contraceptive Pill Could Be Altering The Physical Structure Of Your Brain. 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. Immigration and Naturalization Service Proposed Procurement of Automated Data Processing Equipment To Streamline and Update Office Procedures. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Dillard C. Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Implementation Science. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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]

Loomis G. Baroque Opera at the Ambronay Festival. New York Times 2012:0.

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	The Journal of Pediatrics
Abbreviation	J. Pediatr.
ISSN (print)	0022-3476
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health