How to format your references using the Cath Lab Digest citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cath Lab Digest. 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

Canup RM. Forming a Moon with an Earth-like composition via a giant impact. Science. 2012 November; 338(6110): 1052–1055.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gruenheid S, Finlay BB. Microbial pathogenesis and cytoskeletal function. Nature. 2003 April; 422(6933): 775–781.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jeng M-S, Ng NK, Ng PKL. Feeding behaviour: hydrothermal vent crabs feast on sea “snow.” Nature. 2004 December; 432(7020): 969.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Viteau M, Chotia A, Allegrini M, Bouloufa N, Dulieu O, Comparat D, et al. Optical pumping and vibrational cooling of molecules. Science. 2008 July; 321(5886): 232–234.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lombard M. SolidWorks® 2011 Parts Bible. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Asea AAA, Kaur P, Calderwood SK (eds). Heat Shock Proteins and Plants. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Dahlsen J. Environmental Art. In: Emerald E, Rinehart RE, Garcia A, eds. Global South Ethnographies: Minding the Senses. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2016. p71–84.

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 Cath Lab Digest.

Blog post

Davis J. No Surprise As May Breaks Eighth Global Temperature Record In A Row. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/no-surprise-as-may-breaks-eighth-global-temperature-record-in-a-row/ (2016, accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Procedures and Policies of the Energy Research and Development Administration. B-187621Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; December 30, 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Zhang Y. Crossroads A World War II story. Doctoral DissertationCalifornia 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

Wilson DJ, Eligon J. Rams’ Departure Is Another Blow to St. Louis Area, and a Chance to Shift Priorities. New York Times, January 14, 2016, A14.

In-text citations

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

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	Cath Lab Digest
ISSN (print)	1073-2667
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