For a general citation of the database please cite the article published in the Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue.

• Harding SD, Armstrong JF, Faccenda E, Southan C, Alexander SPH, Davenport AP, Spedding M, Davies JA. (2023) The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2024. Nucl. Acids Res. 2023 Oct 28:gkad944. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad944. [Full text]. PMID: 37897341.

For citations of individual data please use the following guidelines:

For nomenclature and work using the concise family view pages please cite the relevant section of the Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20 published in the British Journal of Pharmacology. A full list of chapters is available in the Table of Contents. For example, for GPCrs, please cite the GPCR section of the Concise Guide. Further information is also given on individual database pages.

• SPH Alexander, E Kelly, A Mathie, JA Peters, EL Veale,JF Armstrong, E Faccenda, SD Harding, AJ Pawson, C Southan, OP Buneman, A Christopoulos, JA Cidlowski, AP Davenport, D Fabbro, M Spedding, J Striessnig, JA Davies and CGTP Collaborators (2021) THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22 Br J Pharmacol. 2021. 178 Suppl 1:S1-S513. [Table of Contents]

Work using the detailed target pages and family introductions (information from IUPHAR-DB) should give the appropriate IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY CITE reference. Full citation information can be found at the bottom of each page. Example citation formats:

• Altosaar K, Balaji P, Bond RA, Bylund DB, Cotecchia S, Devost D, Doze VA, Eikenburg DC, Gora S, Goupil E, Graham RM, Hébert T, Hieble JP, Hills R, Kan S, Machkalyan G, Michel MC, Minneman KP, Parra S, Perez D, Sleno R, Summers R, Zylbergold P. Adrenoceptors (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2019; 2019(4). Available from: https://doi.org/10.2218/gtopdb/F4/2019.4.
• Katrin A, Poornima B, Richard A. B, David B. B, Susanna C, Dominic D, Van A. D, Douglas C. E, Sarah G, Eugénie G, Robert M. G, Terry H, J. Paul H, Rebecca H, Shahriar K, Gayane M, Martin C. M, Kenneth P. M, Sergio P, Dianne P, Rory S, Roger S, Peter Z. Adrenoceptors (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2019; 2019(4). Available from: https://doi.org/10.2218/gtopdb/F4/2019.4.