How to format your references using the Bangladesh Journal of Child Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Bangladesh Journal of Child Health. 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

Travers A. Structural biology. The 30-nm fiber redux. Science. 2014 Apr 25;344(6182):370–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ottino JM, Wiggins S. Applied physics. Designing optimal micromixers. Science. 2004 Jul 23;305(5683):485–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jankowski P, McKellar ARW, Szalewicz K. Theory untangles the high-resolution infrared spectrum of the ortho-H2-CO van der Waals complex. Science. 2012 Jun 1;336(6085):1147–50.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hamilton GL, Kang EJ, Mba M, Toste FD. A powerful chiral counterion strategy for asymmetric transition metal catalysis. Science. 2007 Jul 27;317(5837):496–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Singer B, Fedorinchik G. Investment Leadership and Portfolio Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Paulsen KD. Alternative Breast Imaging: Four Model-Based Approaches. Meaney PM, Gilman LC, editors. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005. XVI, 254 p. (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science; vol. 778).

A chapter in an edited book

Banach R. Model Based Refinement and the Tools of Tomorrow. In: Börger E, Butler M, Bowen JP, Boca P, editors. Abstract State Machines, B and Z: First International Conference, ABZ 2008, London, UK, September 16-18, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 42–56. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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 Bangladesh Journal of Child Health.

Blog post

Hale T. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. This Device Eats Polluted Air And Spits Out Power. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/this-device-eats-polluted-air-and-spits-out-power/

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. Use of Program Income by Evaluation, Dissemination, and Assessment Centers Supported by OBEMLA. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 Apr. Report No.: HRD-82-63.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Zhang H. Studies of Zeolite-Based Artificial Photosynthetic Systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2008.

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

Crow K. Challenging Coffee in Manhattan, and Taking a Lump or 2. New York Times. 2001 Aug 5;145.

In-text citations

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

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	Bangladesh Journal of Child Health
Abbreviation	Banglad. J. Child Health
ISSN (print)	0257-3490
Scope