How to format your references using the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 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

Masood E. Maurice Strong (1929-2015). Nature. 2015;528(7583):480.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ewald AJ, Egeblad M. Cancer: Sugar-coated cell signalling. Nature. 2014;511(7509):298-299.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ehrlich PR, Kareiva PM, Daily GC. Securing natural capital and expanding equity to rescale civilization. Nature. 2012;486(7401):68-73.

A journal article with 99 or more authors

McClure SM, Laibson DI, Loewenstein G, Cohen JD. Separate neural systems value immediate and delayed monetary rewards. Science. 2004;306(5695):503-507.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Braha A, Groza G. Moderne Abwassertechnik. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2006.

An edited book

Carver M, Gaydarska B, Montón-Subías S, eds. Field Archaeology from Around the World: Ideas and Approaches. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Patel SKS, Kumar P, Singh M, Lee JK, Kalia VC. Integrative Approach for Biohydrogen and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production. In: Kalia VC, ed. Microbial Factories: Biofuels, Waste Treatment: Volume 1. Springer India; 2015:73-85.

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 Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

Blog post

Andrew E. How Neurosurgeons Can Now Look At Your Brain Through Your Eyes. IFLScience.

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

Government Accountability Office. Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Leadership and Partnerships Result in Limited Rollover Disruptions. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Stroud M. Solar Desalination in the Southwest United States: A Thermoeconomic Analysis Utilizing the Sun to Desalt Water in High Irradiance Regions. Doctoral dissertation. University of Arizona; 2012.

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

Alexander K. The Day My Free Computer Music Died. New York Times. February 18, 2001:96.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Abbreviation	Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.
ISSN (print)	1079-5642
ISSN (online)	1524-4636
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine