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. Deming D. Astronomy: A small star with an Earth-like planet. Nature. 2015;527:169–70.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Xi Y, Chen D. Physiology. Partitioning the circadian clock. Science. 2014;345:1122–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Pack CC, Berezovskii VK, Born RT. Dynamic properties of neurons in cortical area MT in alert and anaesthetized macaque monkeys. Nature. 2001;414:905–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Huang Y, Lemieux MJ, Song J, Auer M, Wang D-N. Structure and mechanism of the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter from Escherichia coli. Science. 2003;301:616–20.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Makower T. Touching the City. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Anderluh G, Lakey J, editors. Proteins Membrane Binding and Pore Formation. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Beyersdorf F. First Professional International: FIJ (1926–40). In: Björk UJ, Beyersdorf F, Høyer S, Lauk E, editors. A History of the International Movement of Journalists: Professionalism Versus Politics. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. p. 80–124.

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. Andrew E. Study Reveals Discrimination Starts Before Grad School [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/study-reveals-discrimination-starts-grad-school/

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. Space Station: Estimated Total U.S. Funding Requirements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995 Jun. Report No.: NSIAD-95-163.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bankas JK. CAFE—Community and Family Enrichment: Toward Community-Based Mental Health Support for Families [Doctoral dissertation]. [Carpinteria, CA]: Pacifica Graduate Institute; 2014.

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. Chira S. For Mothers Seeking Office, a Familiar Double Standard. New York Times. 2017 Mar 14;A11.

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)