How to cite the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY

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. 2024; 52(D1):D1438-D1449. 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 2023/24 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, A Christopoulos, AP Davenport, E Kelly, A Mathie, JA Peters, EL Veale, JF Armstrong, E Faccenda, SD Harding, JA Davies et. al. (2023) The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors Br J Pharmacol. 2023. 180:S23-S144. [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:

  • Baker JG, Balaji P, Bond RA, Bylund DB, Eikenburg DC, Graham RM, Hieble JP, Hills R, Michel MC, Minneman KP, Parra S, Perez D, Summers R. Adrenoceptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2023; 2023(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.2218/gtopdb/F4/2023.1.
  • Di Virgilio F, Falzoni S, Fortuny-Gomez A, Fountain SJ, Jarvis MF, Kennedy C, King BF, Meades J, Nicke A, Peters JA. P2X receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2023; 2023(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.2218/gtopdb/F77/2023.1.