How to format your references using the The Pharmacogenomics Journal citation style

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

Fuyuno I. Olympus finds market rival hard to swallow. Nature 2005; 438: 913.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jaeger H, Haas H. Harnessing nonlinearity: predicting chaotic systems and saving energy in wireless communication. Science 2004; 304: 78–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ishii H, Sakurai Y, Maruyama T. Effect of soccer shoe upper on ball behaviour in curve kicks. Sci Rep 2014; 4: 6067.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chi SW, Zang JB, Mele A, Darnell RB. Argonaute HITS-CLIP decodes microRNA-mRNA interaction maps. Nature 2009; 460: 479–486.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Riegel M, Kroeselberg D, Chindapol A, Premec D. Deploying Mobile WiMAX. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2009.

An edited book

Seed MP, Walsh DA (eds.). Angiogenesis in Inflammation: Mechanisms and Clinical Correlates. Birkhäuser: Basel, 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Bødker S, Grönvall E. Calendars: Time Coordination and Overview in Families and Beyond. In: Bertelsen OW, Ciolfi L, Grasso MA, Papadopoulos GA (eds). ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 21-25 September 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. Springer: London, 2013, pp 63–81.

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 Pharmacogenomics Journal.

Blog post

Andrew E. Dog Born Without Front Limbs Given 3D Printed Legs. IFLScience. 2014.

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. DOD Business Systems Modernization: Air Force Business System Schedule and Cost Estimates. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Liggins J. Self-concept education as a motivator of life effectiveness. 2012.

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

Poniewozik J. The Eve of Destruction, as Seen on TV. New York Times. 2017; : C1.

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	The Pharmacogenomics Journal
Abbreviation	Pharmacogenomics J.
ISSN (print)	1470-269X
ISSN (online)	1473-1150
Scope	Genetics Molecular Medicine Pharmacology