How to format your references using the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs. 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 references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles 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. Osborne I. Light and Optics. Frontiers in light & optics. Introduction. Science. 2015;348:514–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hone J, Carpick RW. Friction. Slippery when dry. Science. 2015;348:1087–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Sharam GJ, Sinclair ARE, Turkington R. Serengeti birds maintain forests by inhibiting seed predators. Science. 2009;325:51.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Klein-Seetharaman J, Oikawa M, Grimshaw SB, Wirmer J, Duchardt E, Ueda T, et al. Long-range interactions within a nonnative protein. Science. 2002;295:1719–22.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Vanbésien O. Artificial Materials. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Rajendram R, Preedy VR, Patel VB, editors. Branched Chain Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition: Volume 2. New York, NY: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Goñi N, Arregui I, Lezama A, Arrizabalaga H, Moreno G. Small Scale Vertical Behaviour of Juvenile Albacore in Relation to Their Biotic Environment in the Bay of Biscay. In: Nielsen JL, Arrizabalaga H, Fragoso N, Hobday A, Lutcavage M, Sibert J, editors. Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009. p. 51–73.

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 American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs.

Blog post

1. O`Callaghan J. Non-Magnetic Metals Turned Magnetic In Groundbreaking Research [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/non-magnetic-metals-turned-magnetic-groundbreaking-research/

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. Examination of Disbursing Officer’s Account, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Dec. Report No.: 089079.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Garrett D. A quantitative study of STEM goal and role alignment across stakeholder leaders in California: Advocacy for application of a systems solution approach [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Gorman J. With Lasers in the Flight Plan, Goggles Are Vital. New York Times. 2016 Dec 21;D2.

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	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs
Abbreviation	Am. J. Cardiovasc. Drugs
ISSN (print)	1175-3277
ISSN (online)	1179-187X
Scope	General Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Pharmacology (medical)