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. Smil V V. Jumbo. Nature. 2000;406:239.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Dezhina I, Graham L. Is Russian science recovering? Nature. 2000;408:19–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Vega AV, Avila G, Matthews G. Interaction between the transcriptional corepressor Sin3B and voltage-gated sodium channels modulates functional channel expression. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2809.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kerr B, Neuhauser C, Bohannan BJM, Dean AM. Local migration promotes competitive restraint in a host-pathogen “tragedy of the commons.” Nature. 2006;442:75–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Chase CW. Next Generation Demand Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Mohapatra DP, Patnaik S, editors. Intelligent Computing, Networking, and Informatics: Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking, and Informatics, India, June 2013. New Delhi: Springer India; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. von Hippel FN. The Feasibility of a Diplomatic Solution to the Confrontation over Iran’s Nuclear Program. In: Kang J, editor. Assessment of the Nuclear Programs of Iran and North Korea. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013. p. 67–76.

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. Luntz S. Alaska’s Astonishing Meltwater Calculated [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/alaskas-astonishing-meltwater-calculated/

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. Highway Public-Private Partnerships: More Rigorous Up-Front Analysis Could Better Secure Potential Benefits and Protect the Public Interest. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Sep. Report No.: GAO-08-1149R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Diaz Gonzalez AJ. High-Pressure Study of Bio-inspired Multi-Functional Nanocomposites Using Atomic Force Microscopy Methods [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2017.

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. Liptak A, Wines M. Justices Thwart Strict Voter ID Law That Unevenly Hurt Blacks. New York Times. 2017 May 15;A1.

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