How to format your references using the Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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]

Mortlock D. Astronomy: The age of the quasars. Nature 2014;514:43–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Hess O, Tsakmakidis KL. Applied physics. Metamaterials with quantum gain. Science 2013;339:654–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Song J, Ji C, Zhang JZH. Unveiling the gating mechanism of ECF transporter RibU. Sci Rep 2013;3:3566.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Stott LD, Berelson W, Douglas R, Gorsline D. Increased dissolved oxygen in Pacific intermediate waters due to lower rates of carbon oxidation in sediments. Nature 2000;407:367–70.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Hu JC. Asset Securitization. 2 Clementi Loop, #02-01, Singapore 129809: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Wang J, editor. Stereoselective Alkene Synthesis. vol. 327. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ďuranová L, Ohly S. Conceptual Framework with the Focus on Recovery and Well-Being Processes. In: Ohly S, editor. Persistent Work-related Technology Use, Recovery and Well-being Processes: Focus on Supplemental Work After Hours, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 61–92.

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 Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. Here’s What You Should Do If You Find A Baby Bird Out Of Its Nest. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/it-always-good-thing-rescue-baby-birds/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Aviation Safety: FAA’s Assessment of Pre-flight Service Technology Options. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Penix-Tadsen P. Marketing marginality: Resistance and commodification in contemporary Latin American cultural production. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia University, 2009.

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]

Murphy MJO. Friday File. New York Times 2015:C36.

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	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
Abbreviation	Arch. Cardiovasc. Dis.
ISSN (print)	1875-2136
Scope	General Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine