How to format your references using the Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 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. Bagenal F. Planetary science. A new spin on Saturn’s rotation. Science. 2007;316:380–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Zhan Z, Barnett SA. An octane-fueled solid oxide fuel cell. Science. 2005;308:844–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Li Y, Yi M, Zou X. The linear interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic noises ensures a high accuracy of cell fate selection in budding yeast. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5764.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Di Cristo G, Berardi N, Cancedda L, Pizzorusso T, Putignano E, Ratto GM, et al. Requirement of ERK activation for visual cortical plasticity. Science. 2001;292:2337–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Sestina JE. Planning a Successful Future. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

1. Wang X, editor. Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Weiss T, Diesing M, Krause M, Heinrich K, Hilbert A. Effective Visualizations of Energy Consumption in a Feedback System – A Conjoint Measurement Study. In: Abramowicz W, Alt R, Franczyk B, editors. Business Information Systems: 19th International Conference, BIS 2016, Leipzig, Germany, July, 6-8, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 55–66.

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 Intervention and Therapeutics.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Explore Plants and Insects Magnified Thousands of Times! [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/explore-plants-and-insects-magnified-thousands-times/

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. FAA Air Traffic Controller Staffing and Related Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987 Jul. Report No.: T-RCED-87-42.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bravo D. Parents’ perspectives of undocumented students’ transition from high school [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Sulcas R. Alla Sizova, Star Kirov Ballerina, 75. New York Times. 2014 Dec 9;B19.

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 Intervention and Therapeutics
Abbreviation	Cardiovasc. Interv. Ther.
ISSN (print)	1868-4300
ISSN (online)	1868-4297
Scope	General Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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