How to format your references using the CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 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. McNamara BR. Astronomy. Feedback on galaxy formation. Science. 2013;341:1073–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Wijffels RH, Barbosa MJ. An outlook on microalgal biofuels. Science. 2010;329:796–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Marchevsky M, Higgins MJ, Bhattacharya S. Two coexisting vortex phases in the peak effect regime in a superconductor. Nature. 2001;409:591–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Liu H, Ye F, Yao Q, Cao H, Xie J, Lee JY, et al. Stellated Ag-Pt bimetallic nanoparticles: an effective platform for catalytic activity tuning. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3969.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Nahar L, Sarker SD. Steroid Dimers. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

1. Maroldi R, Nicolai P, editors. Imaging in Treatment Planning for Sinonasal Diseases. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ruan T, Li Y, Wang H, Zhao L. From Queriability to Informativity, Assessing “Quality in Use” of DBpedia and YAGO. In: Sack H, Blomqvist E, d’Aquin M, Ghidini C, Ponzetto SP, Lange C, editors. The Semantic Web Latest Advances and New Domains: 13th International Conference, ESWC 2016, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 -- June 2, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 52–68.

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 CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Watch A Bizarrely Long Parasite Emerge From This Praying Mantis [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/praying-mantis-infected-incredibly-long-parasite/

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. Financial Audit: District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund’s Fiscal Year 1999 and 1998 Financial Statements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Oct. Report No.: GAO-01-41.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Woo C. Cross-Cultural Encounter and the Novel: Nation, Identity, and Genre in Nineteenth-Century British Literature [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

1. Billard M. A Collection’s First E-Sale. New York Times. 2010 Oct 28;E6.

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	CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
Abbreviation	Cardiovasc. Radiol.
ISSN (print)	0174-1551
ISSN (online)	1432-086X
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging