How to format your references using the Cardiology and Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cardiology and Therapy. 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. Gasparini NM. Earth science: A fresh look at river flow. Nature. 2014;513:490–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Stein RS, Toda S. Geophysics. Megacity megaquakes--two near misses. Science. 2013;341:850–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ward CV, Kimbel WH, Johanson DC. Complete fourth metatarsal and arches in the foot of Australopithecus afarensis. Science. 2011;331:750–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Utne-Palm AC, Salvanes AGV, Currie B, Kaartvedt S, Nilsson GE, Braithwaite VA, et al. Trophic structure and community stability in an overfished ecosystem. Science. 2010;329:333–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Kurrer K-E. Geschichte der Baustatik. Berlin, Germany: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG; 2016.

An edited book

1. Capraro RM, Capraro MM, Morgan JR, editors. STEM Project-Based Learning: An Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Approach. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. von der Pfordten D. Justice, Equality and Taxation. In: Gaisbauer HP, Schweiger G, Sedmak C, editors. Philosophical Explorations of Justice and Taxation: National and Global Issues. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 47–65.

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 Cardiology and Therapy.

Blog post

1. Taub B. The Brain Receptor Responsible For OCD Has Been Identified [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/brain-receptor-responsible-ocd-identified/

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. Response to Specific Questions on the Indian Point Probabilistic Safety Study. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983 May. Report No.: RCED-83-158.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ladendorff MZ. The effect of North American Electric Reliability Corporation critical infrastructure protection standards on bulk electric system reliability [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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. McKINLEY JC Jr. 24 Years Later, DNA Leads To Arrest in Attack on Girl. New York Times. 2017 May 5;A29.

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	Cardiology and Therapy
Abbreviation	Cardiol. Ther.
ISSN (print)	2193-8261
ISSN (online)	2193-6544
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine